What will eat dead plant leaves?

[suprdave]

Between the several species of plants I have in my tank, small needles and leaves tend to get broken off every once in a while.

What can I get that will eat the leaves off of the bottom of the tank? For bottom feeders my tank has two malaysian trumpet snails in it, and I also have two cory's, however neither are doing a spectacular job.

 

[mommytron]

a gravel vac

 

[suprdave]

Yes I know that but it's a pain, and I have sand substrate. Was hoping for something more along the natural route that would just eat the dead vegetation for me. =)

 

[mommytron]

well... you should be vacuuming weekly anyway, so just suck the dead stuff off the surface of the sand bed when you do your PWC

 

[yohann976]

Malaysian trumpet snails do a good job for me, but the leaves have to be decaying pretty much. I don't know of anything that will eat any plant matter right ater it breaks off of a plant. Well there are, but they'll also eat your whole plant too.

I'm guessing a gravel vac is the best option as well.

 

[alLexX]

ghost shrimp are great cleaners,and will eat pretty much anything.possibly including your MTS...depending on teh size of your tank and the fish in it a craysish would be good,but a lot of them will eat smaller fish.