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	Peaceful algae eater for 125 gal community?
girlunderrainbow Big Fish Posts: 323 Kudos: 230 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Aug-2003	So far, I know I'm probably going with 8 Pearl Gouramies, 24 Julii Cories, 10-15 Long Finned BLack Widow Tetras (or some other tetra)..and I may plant half the tank eventually. I've gotten sand+fine gravel plant substrate for half the tank..saving up for 2 new light strips for that size so will be fake plants for now. The other side has medium gravel and rock formations (holey rock) and I have driftwood for both sides of the tank. Thought about doing a large group of Ottos..any other suggestions? Something not too big that won't eat plants or be aggressive whatsover.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
SJinNJ Fish Addict Posts: 568 Kudos: 447 Votes: 16 Registered: 21-May-2003	Go with a bristle nose pleco, they only grows to 4 or 5 inches. Mine doesn't pay any attention to my cories or small schooling fish. Perhaps you can get a male & female.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
TigerAngel Fish Addict Posts: 522 Registered: 22-Feb-2004	I agree, go with a Bristlenose. They have great personalitys. They are also great with other fish. My Striped Headstander thinks so. [/font]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
Perky Mega Fish Posts: 1064 Kudos: 1036 Votes: 162 Registered: 24-Nov-2003	I would go with: 8 Ottos 1-2 Bristlenoses 1 Rare Plec
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
girlunderrainbow Big Fish Posts: 323 Kudos: 230 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Aug-2003	The BNs or other plecs won't hurt the plants? I like BNS had a pair before but lost both.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
amilner Big Fish Posts: 429 Kudos: 654 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Jul-2004	girlunderrainbow - I'm not so sure that all plecos are safe with plants (they do have a vegetable-based diet in the wild). Mine devours quite a few plants within a very short space of time.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
girlunderrainbow Big Fish Posts: 323 Kudos: 230 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Aug-2003	Not doing the Black Widows..didn't realize they might nip my gouramies. So now it's: 8 Gouramies 20-24 Julii Cories maybe 10 Hatchets for a Tetra school.. and maybe 15 Ottos?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
synodontis Fish Master Posts: 1403 Kudos: 2000 Votes: 1099 Registered: 02-Oct-2003	well IME my black widows and my pearl gourmais have got on great, they've been tankmates for nearly a year lol. and as for BNs damaging plants, my 2 BNs don't, nor do my ottos cfd [span class="edited"][Edited by catfish_dude 2004-07-26 00:55][/span] -------------------------- Billy was a scientist, Billy is no more. For what he thought was H20, was H2SO4
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	BN's might bully your cories, mine one did so I moved her into another tank with other more aggressive fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
moondog Moderator The Hobnob-lin Posts: 2676 Kudos: 1038 Votes: 4366 Registered: 30-Sep-2002	i have some flying foxes in my 50g which are only semi-aggressive to each other. they don't bother the other fish and they don't eat my plants. in fact they will graze the leaves for algae which has built up on the plants. they get to a max size of 5-ish inches, so you could probably put 3-4 in your 125g. "That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
Veteric Big Fish Posts: 376 Kudos: 549 Votes: 7 Registered: 19-Apr-2004	one note with BN's is that they can occasionaly damage plants when they get bigger, and come feeding time they can get quite teritorial about their own private chunk of food. I'de say 1 BN wouldn't hurt though, my guess is a full grown one could do 1/2 the work of cleaning algae in the tank. Maybe throw in ottos and/or shrimp, both would do a better, safer job of cleaning plants.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
me is already in use Fish Addict Posts: 596 Kudos: 99 Votes: 25 Registered: 02-Dec-2003	My black skirts only nipped when they weren't kept in groups of 6+ People might be saying that they will nip after I said mine were nippy when there were only three of them plus, I love black skirts edit: I don't have hatchets, but they always looked cool, too [span class="edited"][Edited by 2004-07-26 13:23][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07


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