Since FE only have small mouths can I keep a school of Roseline sharks or something similar like Siamese Algae Eaters with one. I want a schooling dither like algae eaters. Or will they just get too stressed.
What Algae Eaters Can I Have With a Fire Eel
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Roselines do not really eat algae. SAE do, but they do not clean a tank up. I do not recommend either with a fire eel.
Monster fire eel ..500gal+ ... ...flagtail , voracious algee consumers......likey you'll need to add broccoli, *(simmered frozen walmart).
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You could try some decent sized ancistrus (ancistri?? lol).
What does the tank set up look like? Lots of structure, bare?
I use farlowella as a clean up fish in a few tanks. They help but are by no means a solution.
Look at why you are getting so much algae......photoperiod, excess nutrients, etc.....and try to fix that issue.
I mostly take a long, slow approach to fixing issues so I don't inadvertently unbalance another aspect of the tank.
If its algae on the glass bothering you, then magnets, steel wool or scrubbing pad it is. Even in a 36gal with 14+ hillstream loaches, they can't keep glass algae free.
What does the tank set up look like? Lots of structure, bare?
I use farlowella as a clean up fish in a few tanks. They help but are by no means a solution.
Look at why you are getting so much algae......photoperiod, excess nutrients, etc.....and try to fix that issue.
I mostly take a long, slow approach to fixing issues so I don't inadvertently unbalance another aspect of the tank.
If its algae on the glass bothering you, then magnets, steel wool or scrubbing pad it is. Even in a 36gal with 14+ hillstream loaches, they can't keep glass algae free.
it’s a 318g and it’s not set up yet will that be enough for 1 fully grown FE? I was planning on having it until fully grown.
It’s not set up yet but it will be mostly large drift wood logs, hollowed drift wood and a stump with root structures. Sand substrate with a few basalt river rocks I collected to weigh down the egg crates the drift wood will be attached too.
Just assuming the worst, even with cycling using nitrifying bacteria fishless my tanks always go through a cycles of algae blooms.
I was hoping to put a row of chain-sword and Java fern in background but I might skip the live plants as I already have 2 fully planted tanks.
Just assuming the worst, even with cycling using nitrifying bacteria fishless my tanks always go through a cycles of algae blooms.
I was hoping to put a row of chain-sword and Java fern in background but I might skip the live plants as I already have 2 fully planted tanks.