green algae

[SpiritualSniper]

what kind of fish eat the green algae that grows on flat surfaces in a planted 29g, with false SAEs, hillstream loach, danios, black kuhlis, and pair of kribs? will a clown pleco work?

i find this question funny because it's like the most common kind of algae.... yet i know what eats all the other kinds of algae! this should be in the newbie forum, huh?

 

[anonapersona]

Amano shrimp, MTS,

shrimp, Malaysian trumpet snails,, even rosy barbs if it is long enough or you scrape it off and let it drop.

 

[aquatic-store]

Amano Shrimp, Yep get a few of them!!


marc Russo
http://www.Aquatic-store.com

 

[SpiritualSniper]

wouldn't the kribs eat amano shrimp? and would they eat algae off the glass?

 

[aquatic-store]

I have discus and kribs and amano shrimp. You are right the amanos won't do much for the algae on the glass. I missed that part.
Get some SAE's
marc Russo
http://www.Aquatic-store.com

 

[cpr4cpu]

how about otocinclus catfish? they do a great job on algae, except beard algae (long filamentous algae)

I prefer them to plecos or any of the algae eater varieties as they stay small and are ALWAYS working on my algae for me.

 

[aquatic-store]

yep ottos are good as well

marc Russo
http://www.Aquatic-store.com

 

[Gomer]

I have a true SAE, oto, and Pleco. NONE of them will (or can?) remove the green spot algae on the glass