Any fish that eat dead plant leaves?

[floppyhat69]

I have a lot of anacharis and I was wondering if there were any fish that would help clean up the leaves that die or that fall off?

 

[theotheragentm]

Snails will do it, but I would check into which snails specifically, because they will take over the tank sometimes.

 

[fish 'n' fries]

Mystery snails (Pomacea bridgesii specifically) eat the dying parts of plants. I have one in my planted tank and he hasn't touched the live plants. The catch of course is that they are usually sold just a "mystery snails" (or ivory or golden etc.) so you have to be careful as other species eat live plants. I'm not sure of any fish though.

 

[floppyhat69]

Mystery snails (Pomacea bridgesii specifically) eat the dying parts of plants. I have one in my planted tank and he hasn't touched the live plants. The catch of course is that they are usually sold just a "mystery snails" (or ivory or golden etc.) so you have to be careful as other species eat live plants. I'm not sure of any fish though.

Yeah I have Black Mystery snails and Blue Mystery snails but they don't really ever go near the plants. They just stick to the driftwood and the glass.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Ramshorns is another that eats dead plant leaves and doesn't touch the live plants.

 

[Swank]

My Red Tailed Black Shark will do a little eating of dead plants, it appears...and then coincidentally I read somewhere that this is a fairly standard behavior.

 

[lovemybarbs]

My clown loaches eat live plant leaves.

 

[Blazeherd2306]

Red-Tailed Sharks eat dead plant leaves. When I had one, he would always clean off leaves stuck to the filter intake tube.