Cleanup Crew for planted 10g

[TankerJs]

I am trying to decide what the best cleanup crew for a heavily planted 10g is, any ideas? Right now I have several aponogeton bulbs growing, a long string of anacharis, and I plan to add a few anubias, java ferns and java moss. I would also like a small foreground plant. Any ideas for that? They sell baby tears and dwarf baby tears in pots at a local pet store, whould those be good foreground plants?

 

[Peyton]

For a cleanup crew I suggest amano or cherry shrimp as long as you don't have any fish in there big enough to eat them. As far as a foreground plant, you might want to look into the baby tears. It is fairly easy to grow depending on your light. The dwarf baby tears needs good light and co2/ferts to thrive. I would also recommend marsilea (four leaf clover) species.

 

[rkilling1]

Along with those shrimp, Otocinclus's are a great addition. I love these little guys.

Here is a nice webpage about algae eaters for the planted tank:

http://www.aquariumalgaeeaters.blogspot.com/

 

[TankerJs]

I'm really having a tough time deciding between 3 otos or 1 clown pleco right now. The other tank mates will probably be a school of 6 harlequin rasboras and 3 endler/guppy hybirds (males). I also plan to have a few MTS and Ramshorn snails, and maybe one other thing.

 

[aqua_chem]

A 10 is not really big enough for one oto, much less three. You'll have serious issues providing enough food for them. 10g isn't big enough for a pleco either. Rather than shoehorning in a cleaning crew, address the root causes of your algae issues.

HC will need good light and good co2.

 

[TankerJs]

I'm not into the whole co2 thing, and I'm planning on supplementing the otos diet with zuc. Three would be fine with the zuc 2 times a week, right?