CHoffman

I have a 10 gallon tank that needs a Algae Eater. It has 2 dwarf Gourmai's in it. Im going to steer away from Ottos. Are there any other algae eaters I can stick in there?...I also need One for my 30 gallon Hex tank that has two Angels in it..Any suggestions are welcomed..Thanks guys.

Shawnie

algae or diatoms?

for algae, moving the tank without sunlight or cutting back on hours of lights on will help....for diatoms, I have the bestest luck with cories..and just got a few albino ones ..they are sweeeet diatom eaters....as far as your 30 gal, what about a bn plec?

CHoffman

It's diatom...I'm going to look at cories...Thanks for the suggestion...
I would really love to have a albino bristlenose plec in my 30...I didn't know if it would be ok in that tank since it's a hex...It's not very big at the bottom.

fishlover78

a school of ottos or cories for the 30 hex

fishlover78

but only like 3 because the footprint of the tank is real small. I have a 30 hex too.

ER9

bristlenose pleco....i have 1 in a 40 gal and that sucker is the hoover of algae eaters. they stay relatively small as well 4-5 inches full grown.

Mike19

I have Four Cories, 2 Albino 2 Bronze and a Albino Bristle Nose, the cories IMO are efficient in ground duties. Bristle Nose are cool they grow 5 inches and are always sucking on the glass.

P.S

I also have snails but im not sure if they do the job.

dancerhas

Our 2 Otto's cleaned our filthy (I think it was diatoms) 10G in 3 days flat. Those little guys are insane!

musicman4567

One suggestion is do NOT put a longfin BN pleco in with the angels. It tends to upset them and they will try to rip its fins off. They seem to do fine with a regular one, color doesn't really matter.