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Wingsdlc    Fish Guru What is this? Posts: 2332 Kudos: 799 Registered: 18-Jan-2005   | I am looking for a good algae eater for a planted 40 Gal. Long. I am going to be keeping rainbows as my mine fish. I am open to most anything. 19G Container Pond [IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric |
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greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001 | personally i find plecos only good at cleaning the algae on the glass and sometimes on big pieces of wood, or rocks. i would go with some SAE and a group of otos |
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Alex  Fish Addict 510 Posts: 721 Registered: 03-Oct-2004  | I would say a BN as SAEs need to be kept in groups |
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jasonpisani  *Ultimate Fish Guru* Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003  | A lovely BN will do a great job with Algae & stay's rather small. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com |
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Theresa_M   Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004   | For that sized tank I'd go with a BN as well. They really do a great job with algae  ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean |
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| Wingsdlc Fish Guru What is this? Posts: 2332 Kudos: 799 Registered: 18-Jan-2005 | Will BN's and Ottos do both the glass and the plants? Right now I have a clown pleco and he does wonders on drift wood but the glass he slacks on. 19G Container Pond [IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric |
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| greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001 | BN probably cleans glass better. i have a clown pleco too, clowns are not really meant to clean algae in your tank. they do clean the drift wood piece pretty well. |
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| switchbladeclownloach Hobbyist Posts: 96 Kudos: 114 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Dec-2004 | farowella catfish also known as twig catfish are awesome at cleaning algi and eat junk on the bottom |
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| Wingsdlc Fish Guru What is this? Posts: 2332 Kudos: 799 Registered: 18-Jan-2005 | Edit: So I looked up the profile for this fish and it looks like this might be a good fish for my tank. Does anyone keep these guys? Will the eat my plants? Can they go with Rainbows and maybe loaches? Thanks for everyones help!! Last edited by Wingsdlc at 17-Jun-2005 09:14 19G Container Pond [IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric |
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