Clean up crew

[Scottishnewbie]

Hi, I have a 190 litre trigon tank with 10 zebra danios, 10 neons, betta, 2 corys and 2 clown plecs. What could I get as a clean up crew as I don't think I could have shrimps as they are scary looking! They sort of remind me of spiders ...
I have a sand substrate and an internal filter. My water readings are 0 for ammonia and nitrite and 6.5 for ph and 10 for nitrate.
Thanks in advance for any help xx

 

[alLexX]

how many gallons is 190 litres? depending on the answer,more corys(6 or more is best)

 

[Scottishnewbie]

I think it is about 52 gallons but not too sure

 

[alLexX]

in that case,id do 4-6 more corys.

 

[rich311k]

The corys and the plecos are your clean up crew. I agree get some more plecos.

 

[alLexX]

The corys and the plecos are your clean up crew. I agree get some more plecos.

more corys,not plecos.

 

[rich311k]

Yes thank you.,

 

[Mr. Limpet]

Nerite snails are pretty good cleaners. AES (amano shrimp) are great cleaners and look more like lobsters without the claws.

 

[warthog76za]

Hi, I have a 190 litre trigon tank with 10 zebra danios, 10 neons, betta, 2 corys and 2 clown plecs. What could I get as a clean up crew as I don't think I could have shrimps as they are scary looking! They sort of remind me of spiders ...
I have a sand substrate and an internal filter. My water readings are 0 for ammonia and nitrite and 6.5 for ph and 10 for nitrate.
Thanks in advance for any help xx

I know you mentioned about the shrimp being scary looking but like MrLimpet mentioned Amanos, THAT is what I call a clean up crew....from algae to waste to leftover food....heck they even clean my assassin snails, thats how thorough they are. Having that along with my corys, the bottom of my tank is always clean ( or most of the time I should say)

 

[Scottishnewbie]

So if get amano snail x 1, corys x4, aes x 2- would that be ok? Or too much?

 

[warthog76za]

Amano Shrimp like I mentioned are thorough with their cleaning, assassin snails isnt a must, just if you need to help with say, too much pond snails (which sometimes come with the plants you buy and then can reproduce like crazy if you overfeed, which I was guilty of at first).

Corys, there are so many types to choose from, see what gets your attention. I have Panda and Pepper corys and they are very hardy and get along with everyone, great fish to have.

 

[Scottishnewbie]

I have 2 corys just now - they are called elegans or something like that. Very cute and always busy knocking the sand off my driftwood and rooting around .....
I will have to see if my local aquarium shop sells shrimps. Are there any fish that can't go in a tank with them? I would like dwarf gouramis and platy's but not sure if they will all get on.

 

[warthog76za]

I will have to see if my local aquarium shop sells shrimps. Are there any fish that can't go in a tank with them? I would like dwarf gouramis and platy's but not sure if they will all get on.

Think someone who has those kind of fish would be best to answer that question, I have Guppys/Mollies and Swordtails and they all live in harmony, dont have cases of nippers or bullying fish.

When you all set stocking your tank, be sure to add pics.

 

[Scottishnewbie]

I will- thanks for all your help!!

 

[hippy guy]

I had a dwarf gourami, 3 guppies, and 4 platys in a single tank, never had any problems

 

[hippy guy]

Hey warthog, you said amano shrimp are super good cleaners and mentioned "waste" do they eat fish poop? Are they territorial/get along with other shrimps?

 

[Mr. Limpet]

Hey warthog, you said amano shrimp are super good cleaners and mentioned "waste" do they eat fish poop? Are they territorial/get along with other shrimps?

They're the best cleaners IMO, eat poop and mine get along with Ghosties, RCS and CRS.

 

[hippy guy]

Awesome.. I'm going to get 3 or 4.. do they molt like ghost shrimp? Will they try to eat each other during this? Also, about how large would they get? Sorry for all the questions, my lfs is getting some tomorow and I've been on the fence about it

 

[Scottishnewbie]

In your opinion is my tank too new for amanos as I have no algae that I can see? The fish poo however is driving me mad!! I Hoover it up every second day!!

 

[rich311k]

Nothing eats poo, you have to clean that up yourself.