everyone hates cleaning the sides of ur aquarium by scrubbing them and there will be some areas inaccessible like those crevices or corners which you cant access..so you guys get cleaner fish,eg.plecos,snails etc.juz wondering what is the best cleaner fish to reccomend to everyone,for a big monster fish tank and a small neon tetra fishes size tank.
whats the best cleaner fish to reccomend for a big tank?
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I have found that Shrimps, and apple snails have both worked for me (try to get ur apple snails sexed, mine bred!!!) i have heard bristlenoses are good for algea....
Hope that helps
Matt
Hope that helps
Matt
chinese/indian algae eater did wonders for my tetra tank,
but i was afraid of the fish getting too big, becoming territorial, and thus becoming aggressive for my tetras. i've moved on to a few otocinclus affinis. i'll let you know how that works out.
you might want to try siamese algae eaters too. i hear they're good. just make sure not to mix them up with flying foxes, that tend to have similar problems to chinese/indian algae eaters.
but i was afraid of the fish getting too big, becoming territorial, and thus becoming aggressive for my tetras. i've moved on to a few otocinclus affinis. i'll let you know how that works out.
you might want to try siamese algae eaters too. i hear they're good. just make sure not to mix them up with flying foxes, that tend to have similar problems to chinese/indian algae eaters.
CAE get more territorial and aggressive as they age/grow and also less good as algae eaters, a bit like most plecs.
dont bank on bristlenose being a good worker. i had one and still had to clean my glass every week so i adopted fast growing plants to out compete for nutrients. the best solution up to now is by far the plants, elodea densa to be exact. they have a dual purpose for my grazing uaru and for algae. he was very lazy.
BN plecs can also be very aggressive. and i dont care what anyone says about it, they can be. my male used to fight my gold saum who had 3" on him and still won, he killed a bulldog plec and was not too shy about telling my super aggressive sev where to go either.
dont bank on bristlenose being a good worker. i had one and still had to clean my glass every week so i adopted fast growing plants to out compete for nutrients. the best solution up to now is by far the plants, elodea densa to be exact. they have a dual purpose for my grazing uaru and for algae. he was very lazy.
BN plecs can also be very aggressive. and i dont care what anyone says about it, they can be. my male used to fight my gold saum who had 3" on him and still won, he killed a bulldog plec and was not too shy about telling my super aggressive sev where to go either.
otocinclus is the best cleaning fish there is.
i have some 1 day before oto and after oto shots of a 2.5 gallon tank that was covered in algae, before and after the oto. il try to find them
i have some 1 day before oto and after oto shots of a 2.5 gallon tank that was covered in algae, before and after the oto. il try to find them
I prefer just cleaning algae manually, because algae eaters will miss spots that me with a brush/sponge/etc won't
Cichlaholics Anonymous;1937459; said:
the mans got a point. a can of good old fashioned elbow grease works wonders.
david503bk;1937395; said:
That's prob as good as it will get and they aren't compatible with a lot of species, things like bristlenose species, otos, snails and rubberlip plecos are all too small for most monster tanks and will be quick food. You are best at looking at the route of the problem... reducing nitrates and light levels etc. You will do the best job with an algae scraper or similar. It's part of the maintanence, the fish won't do it for you.