AmyD
Aquarium Advice Activist
I have a 60litre biorb and need something small-ish to eat up some algae, any ideas?
+1. Algae eaters like Plecostamus do a decent job IME, but have an undesirably large bio-load. Smaller algae eaters like the Otocinclus are far too small IME to make an impact. I would spend a few dollars on an algae magnet and an algae scrubber.Adding a fish to eat algae isn't usually a good idea because even algae eating fish will only eat certain types of algae and a lot of them will scavenge off flakes too. Also, they will add to the bioload. If you have algae growing, I suggest you scrape it off by hand.
Regz8000 said:Hi you have a biorb which has a under gravel filter and a small bottom so I would suggest simply using your hands