Beat Algae eaters to go with weather loaches ?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:34 pm
I want to get something to help with Algae in my tank. I have 4 weather loache's. what would be best please?
If your tank is large enough one of the medium sized Loricariads will be great to eat the flat, stuck-on sorts of algae. A bristlenose Pleco is good, or rubber lip. If you tank is large enough there are some really impressive Loricariads that get a foot long or larger. Do your research, though. Many of these are not really algae eaters, but eat wood or a more omnivorous diet that can often include the slime coat of their tank mates.
For the stringy sorts of algae the Siamese Algae Eater is good. This is not the Chinese Algae eater, nor the Flying Fox. Do some research and make sure you get the right fish. SOme other fish that eat the stringy sorts of algae, and are OK in the cooler tank that Dojos like:
Rosy Barbs
American Flag Fish