kathleen55
Aquarium Advice Freak
i have a 10 gallon aquarium. what would you recommend for helping clean up the tank a little?
^ occupants are very important. I'm guessing some sort of snail, or some cherry shimp or ghost shrimp. Maybe an albino pleco.
kathleen55 said:do plecos get very big?
Plecos get way to big for ur tank
kathleen55 said:okay thanks so much. how many shrimp would you recommend?
do plecos get very big?
Fishkeeper26 said:I would go with 6 red cherry shrimp
There really isn't a plec that's suited for a 10g, are you looking for algae control or left over food? I'm not fan of buying fish for certain maintenance issues, things like overfeeding, light control, and proper cleaning should be done by us. Otherwise with algae oto's or shrimp would work, bottom grazers would be a small school of Pygmy corys.
HUKIT said:There really isn't a plec that's suited for a 10g, are you looking for algae control or left over food? I'm not fan of buying fish for certain maintenance issues, things like overfeeding, light control, and proper cleaning should be done by us. Otherwise with algae oto's or shrimp would work, bottom grazers would be a small school of Pygmy corys.
I just have a quick question I think ur right in some sense because we keep them in a tank we should take care of them but why not get fish to help with maintenance that's how it is in the wild and isn't that what we are trying to reproduce in our tanks at home
HUKIT said:There's many times when a fish or inverts are purchased to control or perform certain things like left overs or algae issues, the majority of the time this is covering up or adding to the problem. If the root cause of these issues are not addressed whether its overfeeding or related issues your just covering the problem not fixing it. Search how many posts are out there with what fish eat snails or what fish for left over food?
There's many times when a fish or inverts are purchased to control or perform certain things like left overs or algae issues, the majority of the time this is covering up or adding to the problem. If the root cause of these issues are not addressed whether its overfeeding or related issues your just covering up the problem and not fixing it. Search how many posts are out there with what fish eat snails or what fish for left over food? There are easy fixes for the majority of these concerns without adding fish. In some cases maybe you really want the fish, but don't buy them for the wrong reasons.