best bottom and/or algae eater for 10 gallon? (w/ neon tetras)

[Gumby131]

yr corys

 

[hughitt1]

add 3 more neons to give them a proper school. Then add 3 ottos for your algae eaters.

i agree with this suggestion except maybe just 1-2 ottos instead of 3 if you just want for algae cleaning.. With 3 (or even with 2 likely) you will have to supplement their diet with algae wafers or something similar.

Cories are cool, but they don't each algae like ottos, and you really want a schcool of at least 3-4 of them (plus they are bigger than ottos). So i would stick with the Ottos (just my opinion though).

Best of luck!
Keith

 

[LunchBox]

red cherry or amano shrimp!

 

[Needeles]

Another good type of Cory is the Salt & Pepper Cory as they only grow to about 1" in size so it is rather easy to keep a small school of these. I have 2 in my other 10g tank and they do a pretty good job and they are also fun to watch.

 

[hondamx]

A chines algae eater would be good. I have 2 in my 10 gallon tank.

 

[hughitt1]

A chines algae eater would be good. I have 2 in my 10 gallon tank.

CAE's are neat fish, but not the best community fish.. they become larger and more territorial, and will start to harass your other fish, especially in a 10gal.