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	bottom feeder..what kind is best?
Rob1619 Fish Addict Posts: 763 Kudos: 619 Votes: 626 Registered: 01-Sep-2004	My new tank is 280L/74g Iam going to have 2 zebra plecos in it later. But i need some other bottom feeders that is eating algea and is clean(not to much poo)..any ideas? pic of my tank http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mile_rd_8ball/album?.dir=4ad9&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos Robby I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
fishyhelper288 Fish Guru Posts: 2161 Kudos: 1951 Votes: 137 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	wel, first u need ome major aquascaping to cover up the tech. but im thinkin corys would be nice, or maybe some ottos
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
kitten Fish Guru Meow? Posts: 2266 Kudos: 2194 Votes: 19 Registered: 18-Nov-2003	Well... bottom feeders and algae eaters are generally two different things. Most algae eaters that I know of don't feed off the bottom, except for like... algae wafers and the like. Cories are great bottomfeeders. Fun to watch and great cleaners. In a tank that size, you could have a sizeable school of them and watch the antics. Plecos are huge poop machines. Ottos might work for you algae, but they're delicate, and need to be added to a settled tank. ~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Fish_lover Fish Addict Posts: 742 Kudos: 176 Votes: 0 Registered: 14-Nov-2001	hahhaha yeh totally agree with Kitten - i'm so imaginin a school of 15 cories all swimmin like mad....or a small group of dianemas urostriatum....but then bein a cory/catfish nut....i'dve either bought a shallower tank...or since its too late in ur case to change the tank....inhabit it with bottomfeeders...and juzz use either neons or guppies to occupy the top-layers of hte tnak, while giving it some lovely colouring too
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	That piece of wood looks as if it's going to make a fine hiding place for whatever bottom feeders you do eventually choose. Oh, and if you exercise care when introducing them, you can make Otocinclus your first fish. I did this way back in 1994 with the Panda Fun Palace™ in the days before I even knew there was such a thing as a Panda Catfish. However, if you do choose Otocinclus, exercise patience and care, and acclimatise them slowly. Which leads me nicely to the obligatory 'point to shiny new Otocinclus article' part of my post Otocinclus article Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Rob1619 Fish Addict Posts: 763 Kudos: 619 Votes: 626 Registered: 01-Sep-2004	Here is some new pics of my 74g http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mile_rd_8ball/album?.dir=767d&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos I was thinking to buy some corydoras (panda) and a pleco. What pleco would be the best choice? I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Corydoras are lovely bottom feeders but don't eat Algae. Otos eat Algae but are quite delicate. BN are very good Algae eaters, but they Poo alot. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.deathbydyeing.org/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Siamese Algae Eaters are excellent at eating algae (they are one of the few fish that will even gorge itself on hair algae), and being barbs, they produce very little waste for their size and the amount they eat. But the downside is that because they are so efficient at digesting their food (less poop), they have tons and tons of energy. Mine are constantly darting around the tank and chasing each other. This activity will probably intimidate your plecos and cause them to hide constantly. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05


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