Suggestions for fish

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Since everyone has been extremely response in the past... i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for one bottom feeding, non-aggressive fish for my 100 gallon tank. The tetras are moving back to the 20 gallon (empty) so the rest of the fish in the 100 are as follows:

5 SAE
3 Bala Shark
1 Dwarf Pleco
 
How about a small group of some kind of loach? Weather loaches might be kind of cool. They get long but still have thin bodies. Very peaceful as well.
 
Do they do well with live plants? I plant on getting more foliage and I do not want them all eaten :)
 
On the contrary, these fish are not aggressive... well not towards my current livestock. They have a tendency to be aggressive towards the red tailed sharks... but they seem rather friendly to my bala sharks. I know clown loaches are infamous for eating plants.
 
SAE's are well knwon to be very peaceful unlike many of their cousins and similarly shaped fish. Perhaps you are thinking of CAE's.

Weather loaches do well with plants. They do like to burrow a bit so might uproot a plant occasionally. They do have a cool habit of clicking doing changes in weather pressure and when they get excited. Very cool.
 
On the contrary, these fish are not aggressive... well not towards my current livestock. They have a tendency to be aggressive towards the red tailed sharks... but they seem rather friendly to my bala sharks. I know clown loaches are infamous for eating plants.
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I must have been thinking of GAE, but stil, you might want to be on the lookout. Adults can be aggressive.
 
SAE's (Siamese Algae Eaters) are rarely aggressive. The only time I ever saw one that was aggressive was when it was chasing anothe SAE. I have one in my 38g, and had 8 SAE's in various community tanks and have never seen them aggressive towards other fish.

Flying foxes and CAEs, only the other hand, can be a different story.
 
TKOS said:
They do have a cool habit of clicking doing changes in weather pressure and when they get excited. Very cool.
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How loud is the clicking noise? That sounds awesomely cool, but I'm hearing impaired and dunno if I would be able to hear them :( Is it a low-pitched click noise or a high-pitched click noise?

Roan
 
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