madasafish
Aquarium Advice Addict
Heya,
I'm setting up a large 100 gallon acrylic tank for one of my professors. I've never worked with acrylic before, and am concerned about my choice of algae eaters. I know that plecos have grating teeth that may scratch acrylic (some ppl have reported this), but I've never put this to the test.
So my questions are: what do the acrylic owners here use as algae eaters? Have any of you had plecos scratch your acrylic?
The tank is a Malawi Cichlid tank. IME, most plecos are absolutely fine in a pH of 8.0, which is what I'd be setting the pH at. (In nature they somtimes live in pHs over 7.) Alkalosis for these guys, according to my research in some fish health books doesn't set in until much higher pHs. Any other suggestions? I won't try otos, as they're sensitive and too small to deal with cichlids. There are certainly no satisfactory native species!
So, please suggest away!
Jon
I'm setting up a large 100 gallon acrylic tank for one of my professors. I've never worked with acrylic before, and am concerned about my choice of algae eaters. I know that plecos have grating teeth that may scratch acrylic (some ppl have reported this), but I've never put this to the test.
So my questions are: what do the acrylic owners here use as algae eaters? Have any of you had plecos scratch your acrylic?
The tank is a Malawi Cichlid tank. IME, most plecos are absolutely fine in a pH of 8.0, which is what I'd be setting the pH at. (In nature they somtimes live in pHs over 7.) Alkalosis for these guys, according to my research in some fish health books doesn't set in until much higher pHs. Any other suggestions? I won't try otos, as they're sensitive and too small to deal with cichlids. There are certainly no satisfactory native species!
So, please suggest away!
Jon