Sucker fish

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LeePakao

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I have a 30 gallon growout tank for 6 brilliant rasbora's and 1 red swordtail. I am looking for a sucker fish to clean up there waste. Any ideas for a 30 gallon? thanks
 
By "sucker fish" do you mean pleco? It will eat the spare food & algae; if thats what you mean by waste. I do not know of a fish that eats fecal matter aside from the scat; which is a brackish water species.
 
The rare and beautiful "Syphon" fish ;) ... no fish will do what you are looking for.. even "waste eaters" will produce waste themselves. I would suggest a small group 3-5 of cory cats to help clean up any extra food in the tank. and maybe a clown pleco to help with algae... but neither are really "Neccisary" the best way to get rid of waste in your tank is to properly maintain your filtration system ( imo you should always be running 8-10 times turn-over rate on a tank.. so for a 30 gallon tank.. a filter that is rated between 250-300gph would be ideal.) regularly syphoning your gravel and doing 25% + water changes at least 1x weekly will do better for your fish then any "waste eater" out there.
 
MonsterMinis said:
The rare and beautiful "Syphon" fish ;) ... no fish will do what you are looking for.. even "waste eaters" will produce waste themselves. I would suggest a small group 3-5 of cory cats to help clean up any extra food in the tank. and maybe a clown pleco to help with algae... but neither are really "Neccisary" the best way to get rid of waste in your tank is to properly maintain your filtration system ( imo you should always be running 8-10 times turn-over rate on a tank.. so for a 30 gallon tank.. a filter that is rated between 250-300gph would be ideal.) regularly syphoning your gravel and doing 25% + water changes at least 1x weekly will do better for your fish then any "waste eater" out there.
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+1... otocinclus catfish if your algae is bad, a pleco if you want help picking up excess food from feeding. nothing will eat fish kaka
 
MonsterMinis said:
The rare and beautiful "Syphon" fish ;) ... no fish will do what you are looking for.. even "waste eaters" will produce waste themselves. I would suggest a small group 3-5 of cory cats to help clean up any extra food in the tank. and maybe a clown pleco to help with algae... but neither are really "Neccisary" the best way to get rid of waste in your tank is to properly maintain your filtration system ( imo you should always be running 8-10 times turn-over rate on a tank.. so for a 30 gallon tank.. a filter that is rated between 250-300gph would be ideal.) regularly syphoning your gravel and doing 25% + water changes at least 1x weekly will do better for your fish then any "waste eater" out there.
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sorry not what i meant! i meant like there extra food and stuff, just looking for a freshwater sucker fish
 
Feed less food for starters. For a small tank like a 30 gallon you could keep 1 bristle nose pleco. You still have to do water changes once a week and monthly vacum gravel bed.
 
CTL said:
does a chinese algae eater make a good sucker fish and does it really eat algae?
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No. They get pretty big, can be very aggressive and prefer slime coat over algae
 
Cory cats are great clean up crew... and I suggested Clown plecos over otto cats.. as otto cats seem to be fairly sensitive ime... clown/peppermint plecos are more hardy ime. both will also not outgrow or harass your other tank-mates.
 
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