How can I get rid of this algae? - Aquarium Advice

illuminum · 05-08-2004, 11:39 PM

Will I have to pull this out and srub it down or will oto's eat this stuff up if I add a few in? Pleco's only eat green algae, right?

trenac · 05-09-2004, 12:46 AM

Otto's only eat green algae & plecos eat brown & green algae. You may want to try some [acronym:9660c79b36="Siamese Algae Eater"]SAE[/acronym:9660c79b36]'s or I would just scrub them free as you said.

Seven · 05-09-2004, 01:45 AM

Otos will eat brown algae as well. Mine cleaned my tank of it when I first got it.

You might also want to try a snail or two. I have a snail along with the oto, and they make a good cleanup crew. Algae gets kept well under control by the combo.

illuminum · 05-09-2004, 02:42 AM

I have three zebra snails in there and they haven't touched it. Hmmm.

Menagerie · 05-09-2004, 02:44 AM

That doesn't look like an even surface that would be easy for snails to glide over. If it were my tank, I would just wipe it off myself

05-08-2004, 11:39 PM	#1
illuminum Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 296 Images: 16	How can I get rid of this algae? Will I have to pull this out and srub it down or will oto's eat this stuff up if I add a few in? Pleco's only eat green algae, right? __________________ 12 gallon Eclipse: 5 Cherry Barbs, 4 Columbian tetras, 4 amano shrimp, 1 one in. pleco, 30 gallon tall Eclipse II: 4 Praecox Rainbow Fish, 2 Australian Rainbowfish, 3 zebra snails, 2 Clown Loaches, 2 Congo Tetra, 2 Boesemani Rainbowfish, 1 Red Irian Rainbowfish, 1 Bronze Corydora, 1 Golden Panchax Killifish, 1 Aplocheilus lineolatus Killifish, 1 Common Pleco (~5 in.), 1 candystripe Pleco (~1 1/2 in.) My online photos

05-09-2004, 12:46 AM	#2
trenac Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 207 Images: 7	Otto's only eat green algae & plecos eat brown & green algae. You may want to try some [acronym:9660c79b36="Siamese Algae Eater"]SAE[/acronym:9660c79b36]'s or I would just scrub them free as you said. __________________ A dog has lots of freinds because he wags his tail and not his tongue.

05-09-2004, 02:42 AM	#4
illuminum Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 296 Images: 16	I have three zebra snails in there and they haven't touched it. Hmmm. __________________ 12 gallon Eclipse: 5 Cherry Barbs, 4 Columbian tetras, 4 amano shrimp, 1 one in. pleco, 30 gallon tall Eclipse II: 4 Praecox Rainbow Fish, 2 Australian Rainbowfish, 3 zebra snails, 2 Clown Loaches, 2 Congo Tetra, 2 Boesemani Rainbowfish, 1 Red Irian Rainbowfish, 1 Bronze Corydora, 1 Golden Panchax Killifish, 1 Aplocheilus lineolatus Killifish, 1 Common Pleco (~5 in.), 1 candystripe Pleco (~1 1/2 in.) My online photos

05-09-2004, 02:44 AM	#5
Menagerie Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 11,266 Images: 77	That doesn't look like an even surface that would be easy for snails to glide over. If it were my tank, I would just wipe it off myself __________________

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05-09-2004, 01:45 AM	#3
Seven Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Kentucky, USA Posts: 61 Images: 1	Otos will eat brown algae as well. Mine cleaned my tank of it when I first got it. You might also want to try a snail or two. I have a snail along with the oto, and they make a good cleanup crew. Algae gets kept well under control by the combo.

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