What would be the best fish for taking care of some green algae besides ottos or the common pleco? Would a rubber lipped pleco eat the green algae? I know that fish won't take care of the problem, but I figured it can't hurt to have a few in there to eat some algae for me.
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What size tank do you have? What fish are in it?
I wouldn't recommend any plecos for a tank that is under 20 gallons.
I wouldn't recommend any plecos for a tank that is under 20 gallons.
its a 46 gallon tank with community fish such as tetras, gourami, cories, ottos, danios. I have never heard of rubber nose plecos though, only rubber lipped plecos. Are these 2 different fish?
I have two Ancistrus(Bristle Nose) in my 40gal. planted with no problem. They and Rubber Lip plecos are very good algae eaters and quite amiable in a community tank.
Neither gets much larger than 3.5" in length.
Len
Neither gets much larger than 3.5" in length.
Len
im not sure how well at eating algae they are, but, im pretty sure clown plecos stay pretty small, too
I have a clown pleco in my 20g. They do stay small, but he doesn't eat any algae at all. I wouldn't suggest it.
I have some balloon mollies that do a great job cleaning the algae off my decor. When I first added one molly to my 10 gallon, I had quite a bit of algae all over everything. After a day or so, I could see the color of my artificial plants again. She did a bang up job and I wasn't expecting it. I have since moved her and her babies to my 29 and the algae's starting to creep back in the 10. I think balloon mollies only get about 2 inches. They don't do much for the sides of the tank, though. I just scrape before water changes. Another reason I like the balloon molly is because it reminds me of a fancy goldfish. A couple of them might be a neat addition to your community tank.
If you can get your hands on some dwarf bristlenose pleckos I would highly suggest them, they stay quite small and are perfectly suited for smaller tanks, as they only get 3-4inches. Another option though not fish, would be some inverts, specifically Amano Shrimp (Cardinia japonica) don't quote my spelling on the scientific name. From my experience amanos do an awesome job on pretty much any kind of algae.