DIY vs. Paintball

[Babillba]

Not that I am a big proponent of the big online stores, but you can get a cheap paintball regulator, a single reading reg., for about $35 at thatfishplace.com I use the exact one they sell, where I bought it in fact, and it is great. Here's the link:
http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/4530/product.web

 

[Michwol42795]

Great, thanks!

 

[Star_Rider]

Otocinclus are terrific algae eaters. and great in a small tank.

the only issue is you need to keep a good supply of food for them as they are algae eating machines(on some algaes) and if they get use to algae they are often difficult to change over to other food sources.

 

[gagaliya]

get all of the following, each attacks different types of algae. As a combo they are very effective.

nerite snails (mandatory!), true sae, oto, amano shrimp/cherry red shrimps.

 

[Michwol42795]

Thanks for the advice, I already have a population of nerite snails for algae control, i was planning on getting 3? oto cats, 5? cherry shrimp, and 1? true sae. Are those good numbers? But last time i had a true sae it started eating my plants, is that normal? There might not have been enough algae because thats in a seperate low light tank.