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	Algae eater with cichlids?
daphnis Fingerling Posts: 28 Kudos: 18 Votes: 1 Registered: 03-Aug-2006	I have a 20 gallon cichlid tank with 8 cichlids (among them a peacock). I am having some algae problems (green growth on the glass and on some sea shells) and was wondering if I should add an algae eater, and if so, which one? Thanks, Daphnis
Posted 28-Sep-2006 17:58
Soidfuf Hobbyist Posts: 101 Kudos: 52 Votes: 12 Registered: 25-Aug-2006	Mostly any algae eaters will be good with the cichlids. I no for a fact a common pleco will work, but they get up to 12-14 inches so he might get cramped. (mine is 13 and he is lazy so I have to give him agae disks because he wont eat the algae off the wall)
Posted 29-Sep-2006 03:26
GirlieGirl8519 Fish Master Malawi Planter Posts: 1468 Kudos: 1029 Votes: 35 Registered: 25-Mar-2005	I would find out what types of cichlids you have. The only algae eaters I can think of for a 20g would be some otocinclus and some cichlids won't be too nice to them. With 8 unknown cichlids in a 20g, a bristlenose would overstock the tank and SAEs get too large. What type of peacock do you have? What about the other cichlids? *Kristin*
Posted 29-Sep-2006 16:57


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