What algae eater can I keep with my minnow babies?

[CandyHouze]

I've just started noticing that my 10 gallon tank housing my 30ish little minnow babies is growing some algae in the back. I want to get an algae eater to nom it up and I would usually go with a pleco but I'm scared to death of having something so big (by comparison) in a tank with fish so small o_o They are all only about 1 cm long.
What algae eating fish would you reccomend, if any, to keep with little fry?

 

[Jason7894561230]

An otto would be a nice addition

 

[herp_mommy]

I'd go with snails instead

 

[Vircomore]

+1 on the snails.

2 or 3 Freshwater Nerites could have that 10-gallon sparkling in a few days.

 

[BigJim]

Plecos aren't very good algae eaters. Most plecos, commons especially, will get much too large for your tank. Nerites snails are your best bang for the buck as algae eaters.

 

[CandyHouze]

Oh my gosh! Snails! I didn't even think of that! @0@ That's a great idea! @U@ Thanks everybody!

I now have a different but still algae-related question. I've had my 55 gallon tank up for half a year, 5 goldfish, 3 minnows, and one pleco. Why hasn't it started growing algae yet?