I just removed those plants from our aquarium. Perhaps that's what killed Spot. That kind of Petsmart Faux Pas irks me. Why sell something as an aquarium plant that isn't
as my fiance said above, the algae eaters are doing quite well. They were one of those "Oh honey let's get one of THOSE" fish noob impulse buys. At the time we didn't know anything about them, not even their potential length. We quickly learned that they are rather territorial as the larger one would always chase the Gold one around and out of our little cave. We got another cave-like dwelling specifically for the other algae eater. It seemed to work pretty well. When Mr. Snail was in the large tank, Freddy (large algae eater) would always suck on his shell and keep him clean, it was really cute to watch. And Mr. Snail was the only other member of the aquarium that was allowed in Freddy's cave.