Do you guys have any fish that have turned out to be awesome algae eaters, despite not being labled as one?
For me, my Rainbow Shark cleans my glass better then any snail or algae eating fish I've owned. All day long, he scrubs the glass and a good amount of my leaves clean.
My CAE is wonderful too despite being an old fart, but my Rainbow Shark is definitely an unexpectedly awesome algae eater.
One of my angelfish developed a taste for some BBA. I can't say he was amazing at clearing it up but he did eat a decent amount of it while I had it. After that he ate my glosso.
Lol I guess I just never knew. My rainbow shark was definitely one of those OMG YOU ARE GORGEOUS impulse buys a few years ago. Was full grown for $12.00... couldn't pass it up lol
My guppies and my Male Platy that turned into a female?
I added 2 mystery snails, and ottos in my 29g tank. I had to scrape the algae weekly to see in the tank. In 1 week, I had no algae to scape. Along with my ramshorn no algae!
ive noticed the new (hopefully) pair of golden rams picking at algae all over the tank. theyve been in for about a week and have made a noticeable difference. i just moved my amanos over with them day before yesterday to help them out. think the new pressurized co2 system is helping out too.
best string algae cleaner bar none for me is your common goldfish. i specifically keep a small one in my tanks to take care of it. a 2" oranda cleaned up my entire 120g by itself and continues to do so. the trick is to just not feed it for a day or so and since they are omnivores will start to go after vegi matter, algae being the easiest to eat. my kids love them as well so it helps. they just look out of place in a planted tank setup.
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