I have a 150 gallon and want to know what i should use to control the green and brown algae. My stock is a Oscar (12"), Dempsey(8") Firemouth (3") Sydonitis catfish(3") and a Fire eel(16"). Im worried about the fire eel because ive read that the plecos will maybe harm the fire eels slime coat. I don't know if this is true but would like some ideas for what you may have in with your eels or even stingrays. What do you think?
What do i need for algae?
- Thread starter c4a4y
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you can try flag tails, i would just get me a algae scraper. I don't believe in Cleaner Fish, They are fish that will eat algae, but they still need to be fed a good diet.
crudely put algae is a plant, if you reduce what it needs to grow on, nitrate, phospate and light it,ll slow down. check that your lighting isnt too strong, dont overfeed your fish use nitrate/phospate removing resins and/or a denitrifier/trickle filter using bacteria to digest nitrates.
I've never heard of plecos sucking on eels, they have been known to suck on ganoid-scaled fish, but spiny eels don't even have scales. My tire track eel and sailfin pleco have been together for close to a year with no problems and there are a ton of other members here who also keep plecos w/ their spiny eels. But as stated in the above posts, plecos and other algae-eating fish shouldn't be used as aquarium maintenance workers. The best solution is to either get a UV sterilizer or to just remove the algae manually.