Pleco with Shrimp?

Newman · 01-11-2013, 08:44 PM

No, the point is to get the SAEs for a fish tank, never for a shrimp tank. they will grow up to 4" within the first two years probably. they start out roughly one inch or slightly more when you buy them. at that stage they are the best functioning algae eaters. they will tackle just about any algae. otos are pretty useless in comparison and are way weaker so they can't get much outside of some brown diatoms and other film algae.

SAEs will not be aggressive if you get 5 or a group of them. they keep to themselves, and dont bother other fish at all. they're rather skittish too. They are not as a aggressive as flying foxes and no where near as much as the infamous chinese algae eater. SAEs are not aggressive at all when they're young. I really recommend them to anyone with a large enough tank with plants for algae control. you probably can't get better fish for algae.

o and the max sized ones i saw were barely 7" likely very old too by the time they get to that kind of size.
otocinclus are good to permanently house in a shrimp tank i think...

Kinection · 01-12-2013, 01:21 AM

I just blasted my taiwan moss to kill the
algae, and the moss is completely clean!
I have a different theory to how the moss
got the algae. Previously this tank was for
my hatchling turtle, and he produced THE
MOST waste I've ever seen in my history
of pets. (seriously) I think when I'm doing water
changes, the waste gets shot up and goes onto
the moss. While that happens, its probably too
much nutrients, so the algae started to grow on
it. I did a 90% water change... lets hope the shrimp
don't die... I didn't even notice how low the water was
until I finished. (LOL) I decided to take out all the
river rock, so it would lower the amount of algae
in the tank.

Good idea? I decided to go with Otos
though, I don't want to harm my 5 berried Fire reds.

Newman · 01-12-2013, 01:24 AM

yes those otos should be fine but the moss might die if you blasted it with peroxide or excel. if it was just cyanobacteria and you turkey basted it off, then thats a different story.

01-11-2013, 08:44 PM	#16
Newman Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (17/100%) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: North NJ Posts: 2,156	No, the point is to get the SAEs for a fish tank, never for a shrimp tank. they will grow up to 4" within the first two years probably. they start out roughly one inch or slightly more when you buy them. at that stage they are the best functioning algae eaters. they will tackle just about any algae. otos are pretty useless in comparison and are way weaker so they can't get much outside of some brown diatoms and other film algae. SAEs will not be aggressive if you get 5 or a group of them. they keep to themselves, and dont bother other fish at all. they're rather skittish too. They are not as a aggressive as flying foxes and no where near as much as the infamous chinese algae eater. SAEs are not aggressive at all when they're young. I really recommend them to anyone with a large enough tank with plants for algae control. you probably can't get better fish for algae. o and the max sized ones i saw were barely 7" likely very old too by the time they get to that kind of size. otocinclus are good to permanently house in a shrimp tank i think... __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/pl...rimp-bowl.html

01-12-2013, 01:24 AM	#18
Newman Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (17/100%) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: North NJ Posts: 2,156	yes those otos should be fine but the moss might die if you blasted it with peroxide or excel. if it was just cyanobacteria and you turkey basted it off, then thats a different story. __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/pl...rimp-bowl.html

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01-12-2013, 01:21 AM	#17
Kinection Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 929	I just blasted my taiwan moss to kill the algae, and the moss is completely clean! I have a different theory to how the moss got the algae. Previously this tank was for my hatchling turtle, and he produced THE MOST waste I've ever seen in my history of pets. (seriously) I think when I'm doing water changes, the waste gets shot up and goes onto the moss. While that happens, its probably too much nutrients, so the algae started to grow on it. I did a 90% water change... lets hope the shrimp don't die... I didn't even notice how low the water was until I finished. (LOL) I decided to take out all the river rock, so it would lower the amount of algae in the tank. Good idea? I decided to go with Otos though, I don't want to harm my 5 berried Fire reds.