recommendation for algae eaters for a 3ft tank

**e[V]o|ut|on** · 11th Jan 2013, 10:29

Hi All,

Would like to seek recommendations for algae eaters for a 3 ft iwagumi tank, with a tetra community.

**tiintinn** · 11th Jan 2013, 10:58

Would normally have the following cleaning crew

Otto
Nerite horn snails
Malayan shrimps
Amano shrimps

**prodrive** · 11th Jan 2013, 10:58

Your setup same as mine. My soil full of diatoms and GSA in glass. I added yamato, oto and nerites. 2 days later, all cleared. Only problem is this crew kept uprooting my hc. I had to remove them. Once removed, within 3 days, algae come back.

**e[V]o|ut|on** · 11th Jan 2013, 11:02

I'm not exactly fancying shrimps or snails species.

Was actually thinking SAEs or Oto Catfish.

**tongyang** · 11th Jan 2013, 11:09

Yamato shrimps are more efficient algae eaters. You will learn to like them.

**tiintinn** · 11th Jan 2013, 18:45

Had Sae but didn't really help much in algae control, for my case, they grew big and ate mostly fish food

**AQMS** · 11th Jan 2013, 21:35

Otto and yamato,
these are the ones that i prefer.

**milk_vanilla** · 11th Jan 2013, 23:33

Cherry shrimp will eat algae as well, and will give contrast too

**teinsports** · 14th Jan 2013, 17:24

I had ottos, sae, yamatoes and cherries and none seemed to work. Periodic water change and lighting conds may be more useful in limiting algae growth

**mukyo** · 14th Jan 2013, 18:30

Feed alternate days for your algae eater.
Feed floating food for your tetras only at minimum dosage.
That should do it

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