Looking for bottom feeder recomendations

[00youknowit00]

Okay, I have a 20H freshwater tank, just about to be done with a fish-in cycle, want some sort of botton feeder/dweller whatever you'd like to call it. So I'm looking for recomendations on what I should get, y'alls favorites, etc.

 

[bruinsbro1997]

I like bristelnose plecos and catfish.

 

[00youknowit00]

I like bristelnose plecos and catfish.

Yeah, that's what I'm kinda looking at so far, I'm assuming you're talking about upsidedowns

 

[hiltymj]

Cory cats are the best IMO I don't think plecos are good cleaners

 

[00youknowit00]

Cory cats are the best IMO I don't think plecos are good cleaners

I've heard that. I do want it to clean decent.

 

[bruinsbro1997]

Oh, whoops no I meant cories! Sorry wasn't thinking while I was typing. I have seen upside down catfish and personally do not like them, you can't tell if it's sick or not! It's supposed to swim upside down but then if it's swimming right side up is it sick? It confuses me.

 

[bruinsbro1997]

I've heard that. I do want it to clean decent.

If you want a really clean tank otos and SAEs are the way to go IMO if you want to get rid of algae. Shrimp and snails are good as well.

 

[00youknowit00]

Only reason I notice them is cause they're upside down lol

 

[hiltymj]

Yep I agree ottos are good for algae cleaning. And shrimp are really good for it and can be fun to watch.

But ya cory cats do a great job!

 

[00youknowit00]

I do like the idea of shrimp, only ones I've seen are ghost, would like some RCS though.

 

[tiguardo]

Bristlenoses are legend tank cleaners. My 3 sucked my 63 gallon clean in three days Beautiful fish & good natured too.

 

[00youknowit00]

How big do cory cats get?

 

[bruinsbro1997]

depends. What are you looking at?

 

[00youknowit00]

Hmmm, could I do a cory cat and a BN? Might be cool to have two different.

 

[00youknowit00]

depends. What are you looking at?

What do you mean? I don't know anything about them.

 

[bruinsbro1997]

I mean what cories do you want to keep? Some get big others stay small.

 

[00youknowit00]

I don't know anything about cories, so probably ones that stay smaller.

 

[h2oskierc]

I have 4 albino cories in my 20 tall. I think most cories are schooling fish, but could be wrong.

I like shrimp better, though. They are more fun to watch, imho. Right now I just have Ghost Shrimp, but I woould like to get some others eventually. Want to make sure the Ghost shrimp do OK before I invest in more expensive varieties.

 

[Sparky74]

I have Albino Corys and SAE's...Both are schoolers. Plus the SAE's will chomp on black hair algae I believe which most others will not. I like the way SAE's dart around the tank too...I read they have underdeveloped swim bladders, so if they sit still they stink to bottom

CAE's Evil...

 

[00youknowit00]

Would shrimp do a good clean up job? I really love the look of shrimp.