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Fish asked in PetsFish · 8 years ago

good algae eater read description?

my tank is 125l and i have cabomba and amazon swords in is there any good algae eaters out there for my tank, i have parrot cichlids gouramis corys and loaches, so no snails or shrimps thanks please answer!!!

Update:

again read description plecos will graze on amazon swords...

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  • 8 years ago
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    Bushy nose are best. Common plecos get lazy and don't clean as well.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Plecos get HUGE ive seen them get to a foot long but being as you have a 125 it would do just fine in there. But from personal experience, a chinese algae eater does a fantastic job of cleaning tanks. Once i had a tank covered from top to bottom with algae on every decoration, walls, everything and by morning all was clean i was amazed.

  • 8 years ago

    If you want something relatively cheap, Chinese suckers, Bristlenose pleco, hillstream loaches, or dragon goby; if you don't mind spending some money, emerald pleco, zebra pleco, there are a couple other small plecos that cost a bit

  • 8 years ago

    Plecos are pretty good at keeping the place clean

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