The best Algae eater for a 90 gallon

[marshall unger]

I have a 90 gallon aquarium with various pond snails though they're very small and a rhino pleco who's very shy and lastly a bristle nosed pleco.I don't think that they'll be able to control the algae.What other algae eaters are there that will keep algae down and not bother the plants. :look:

 

[angelfishlover]

you should offer some lettuces for the pleco and bristlenose so they do not damage plants and lived healthily and they will have mood to graze on algae.

 

[jm1212]

what are the other occupants?

 

[marshall unger]

so far 3 corys though I have plans for anglefish and discus

 

[Mgamer20o0]

most plecos dont eat algae. try some ottos but i think the best way to deal with algae is figure out whats causing the problem and fix it.

 

[loaches r cool]

You may also want to identify your algae and perhaps figure out whats causing it. I've had a couple of tanks with pond and ramshorn snail that never got a spec of algae and I could throw in an algea covered anubias and it would be clean in 2-3 days, just like new. One of these tanks had terrible algae problems before introducing the snails too. And I feed the snails to puffers and loaches so theyre free home grown food.

 

[kuhliloach]

do u have a semi aggresive of community?

 

[marshall unger]

there are no agresive fish other than discus and anglefish

 

[marshall unger]

also there is no algae yet but I want to catch it in the early stages.

 

[drgold]

1 bristlenose can handle a 90g easily. A rhino pleco will get pretty big in time and won't be good for algae control. The BN will do fine on its own. In fact, you will need to supplement its diet with zuccini or other veggies when the algae runs out.