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Algae eater

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#1 ·
I want an algae eater that will go good with angel fish. I know there is a rubber lipped pleco but are there an other ones?
 
#2 ·
Nerite snails. They're very efficient wiping off several kinds of algae but you have to make sure your pH and hardness levels are high to avoid shell erosions. Nerites are very beautiful and are quite long-lived in comparison to most species. Test your pH and KH so I can help you from there.
 
#3 ·
Oto cats are small but effective. Another nice pleco is the bristle nosed cat fish. Both are from the same region as your angels. Further more mollies and sword tails are pretty voratious algea eats if slightly starved of other foods.
 
#5 ·
Ahhh...Nerites aren't the option here. Otos will do fine although in most cass, an adult angel may attempt to eat one which may kill both in the process due to the spine but this isn't usually the case with scalares fortunately.

CAEs are nasty fish as adults. Not a good option.
 
#8 ·
I have had really good experiance with CAE. The ones i have had always do a good job cleaning and arent agressive when older MAYBE bc they had a big space? I dont know I just think the ones that all look like the regular plecos dont as good of a job.
 
#11 ·
Regular ones would be common plecos. These do not do a good job consuming algae rather they prefer other food options. You are looking for bristlenose plecos, Sturisoma panamense, L010a or clown plecos (Panaque maccus).
 
#9 ·
Ummm why not try a SIAMESE algea eater? I have two of them (one in each tank) and they work on algae like a vaccum!I've read that SAE's are the only algae eaters that eat BBA algae..... They are peaceful and they grow to be about 5 or 6 inches...
You can not have one if you have a redtail shark though, they are NOT compatible...
You should either have just one...or 6 but nothing in between....
 
#13 ·
Your water conditions are far from ideal for healthy shell growth.
 
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