Best fish for algae

My LFS recommended a common pleco for my 10 gallon tank I started up almost 2 years ago now.

After much conversation with others and knowing I was never gonna have a 50 gallon tank, I found Mr. Pleco a new home while he was still small enough.

I have 3 corydoras and 2 snails right now, a bunch of tetra and a dwarf gourami. (My school's are still not completed and need to consider that as well)

Will the snails be enough to fight the algae, or should I consider something else?

 

I would say your tank is filled twice over.
The algae may be related to the ammount of waste being produced

 

We can help you appropriately stock your tank, if you're interested!

In the meantime, reduce the amount of time the lights are on and you can get a few small nerite snails.

 

I actually don't have any algae in my tank. I want to prevent it from happening

And I forgot to mention I upgraded to a 33 gallon tank so lots of room lol

We can help you appropriately stock your tank, if you're interested!

In the meantime, reduce the amount of time the lights are on and you can get a few small nerite snails.

I have 2 snails now.

And good on stocking, I'm just building up a little at a time so my tanks parameters don't go all out of whack by adding them all at once

 

I actually don't have any algae in my tank. I want to prevent it from happening

And I forgot to mention I upgraded to a 33 gallon tank so lots of room lol

You can prevent algae by controlling your lighting - a strict schedule will help!

I wouldn't worry about getting an algae eater now then.

I have 2 snails now.

And good on stocking, I'm just building up a little at a time so my tanks parameters don't go all out of whack by adding them all at once

What kind of snails? Not all are good algae eaters.

If you ever want to double check your stocking, let us know!

 

Where is the tank located? Alot of people forget thatthis actually makes a diff, like keeping it away from natural sunlight.
If you didnt have the cory, id add a bn. Plec. Otos really shouldn' t be added til you have algae imo.
Snails wil work inthe mean time.

 

You can prevent algae by controlling your lighting - a strict schedule will help!

I wouldn't worry about getting an algae eater now then.



What kind of snails? Not all are good algae eaters.

If you ever want to double check your stocking, let us know!

The kind that the eggs don't hatch around the tank lol. Not sure

Where is the tank located? Alot of people forget thatthis actually makes a diff, like keeping it away from natural sunlight.
If you didnt have the cory, id add a bn. Plec. Otos really shouldn' t be added til you have algae imo.
Snails wil work inthe mean time.

I have to tank away from sunlight. I made sure that only because I didn't want the little fish to boil and this time either LOL. I'm good with just the snails I just wanted to make sure that it would stop from forming algae since I did take out the pleco and he was my algae eater

 

The kind that the eggs don't hatch around the tank lol. Not sure

Sound like nerites. They're good algae eaters. If you don't any algae in your tank now, give them some herbivore wafers or veggies to munch on.

 

I put in algae wafers and they don't eat them. They just sit there. I will try it again and see what they do with it. There used to be a lot of brown algae in the tank and once ally African dwarf frogs died, the brown algae went away too. So I only see little bits in the tank sometimes on the glass.

Is the slime on some of the decor algae though? I can feel that when I move around decor to clean.

 

Maybe try some veggies?

Can you get a pic of the slime?

 

Maybe try some veggies?

Can you get a pic of the slime?

I can never see it, I just feel it. Is it bad?

Yes I will try veggies and see if that works.

 

Probably bio-film, which they eat as well.

 

Nerite snail will breed and lay eggs but they will not hatch in fresh water. They look like sesame seeds. Mine like to decorate my driftwood. I also think that you are just feeling the biofilm. Alison

 

Nerite snail will breed and lay eggs but they will not hatch in fresh water. They look like sesame seeds. Mine like to decorate my driftwood. I also think that you are just feeling the biofilm. Alison

Yes exactly, they are definitely nerite snails.
I find most of my eggs on the gravel substrate and walls of the tank.

I'm glad they eat the bio film so they have something. I don't want to starve all my babies lol