Absolute best glass-cleaning/algae-eating fish species - please vote

[pik01]

mag float lol

i'd vote mag float too, if only i didn't have to hand feed it so much

 

[finsNfur]

My purple apple snails weren't doing the job, but then I got two albino bn plecos from mgamer. There is not a spot of algae left anywhere now. I supplement them with algae wafers and zuccini slices, too.

 

[toodleypops]

Bristlenose pleco
rubberlip pleco
other plecos
(for some the smaller ones do a better job IMO)

 

[snoopy65]

I have 4 tanks set up right now. Only one tank has a BN pleco in it....It is the only tank with no algae.

 

[CBWMN]

I can see a Mag float for the fron and sides but I have too much equipment hanging down the back glass. I also have a dark blue constructiona paper on the outside back. Mag floats can'dt work the back.

Charles

 

[Cichlidmojo]

Ancistrus aka bushynose pleco.

 

[BadRoma1]

I love my nerite snails

 

[saram521]

I don't solely rely on fish/inverts to take care of my algae issues, and I really only keep them b/c I like them so much! It just so happens they eat some kinds of algae . I would never keep a fish I didn't like just to have it work for me, that's silly :.

Having said that, ottos and bn's are good at eating some algae, and so are nerite snails. I feed my cats with veggies most of the time, and I usually end up solving my algae issues lol! Algae is more of a snack for my fish...

 

[unvmyplecos]

DUH.... A BN pleco..... i love plecs and this one seeeems to do the best....IMO

 

[luckydud13]

I have had just about every kind of fish mentioned. I would have to say the BEST were bn pleco's