what type of fish?

[milkman407]

Im looking for a type of fish that will clean the bottom of my tank, im not talking algee or poop. my fish are messy eaters and theres nothing on the bottom of the tank exsept some clown loaches i was just looking for a type of fish that will eat all the left over peices of food and possibly a fish that will school?
i also have 2 roayl plecos and a lima but yet the tank still has left over food scraps. i was thinking of getting a couple more loaches but would prefer something else

 

[midnight]

crawdads are good at eating the leftovers.
cory cats and other cats are good for that to.

 

[milkman407]

do u know how big cory cats get and i did see about 4 diff pairs of cats at petsmart that where very active. but i think that they would be a lil big and eat my 4" bichirs

i was thinking bala sharks but there kina pricey 10$ each

 

[Carl D]

Plecs will do a good job of the cleaning up, but will create a lot of mess themselves.

Carl.

 

[midnight]

i think corys get to be around 2 to 3".
i have one thats an inch with my 3 p bass.
my smallest bass was pecking at my corys side gently,was funny.
they must know hes all bones cus he zigs and zags right in front of them lol

 

[brettrotchell]

I LOVE MY CORY CATS THEY CLEAN UP EVERTHING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK , BUT IF YOUR FISH ARE NOT EATING ALL THE FOOD MAYBE YOU ARE OVER FEEDING THEM A LITTLE , CORY CATS WOULD BE MY ANSEWER TO YOUR PROBLEM THOUGH .

 

[milkman407]

im not over feeding its just when my fish eat the only eat like half of it and the outher half get all chomped up and floats the the bottom. what do cory cats look like?

 

[milkman407]

Blah o well ill go now and pick up some ( dont know how many depends on there price)

 

[milkman407]

blah the corys they had are albino and were ugly and my catfish would own them they were like 2/4 a " so i picked up some balas instead like 3$ each o well

 

[ropedick1]

how about a raphiel cat i have 1 in my com 55 and it doe'snt bother my other fish. they get about 6" long