Winterlily
Fish Crazy
I've got a few 5.5g tanks, each with a male betta in, and each fairly heavily planted with live plants. I also have too much algae. I understand this is tough to avoid with live plants in the fairly still betta waters, but would like to add some creatures in to help clean some of this stuff away. I currently have some form of hair algae (on the plants) as well as the regular ol' brownish algae (tank walls mostly) that I guess comes from too much light or something. I've read a lot of the threads here about bettas and algae clean up crews and I can't quite get a consensus. So:
I've read that otos and other cats don't do super well long term because of the still water AND it's a toss up as to whether the betta will leave them alone, yes?
Cherry shrimp are too small and are likely to be a tasty snack, yes?
So, if fish (otos, corys, etc) are pretty much out (are they pretty much out?), what's left that will do a good job cleaning the walls and the plants of brown algae and hair algae? Amano shrimp? Ghost shrimp? Olive nerite snails? Some other kind of snail? Something else?
What do you guys think?
Thanks!
I've read that otos and other cats don't do super well long term because of the still water AND it's a toss up as to whether the betta will leave them alone, yes?
Cherry shrimp are too small and are likely to be a tasty snack, yes?
So, if fish (otos, corys, etc) are pretty much out (are they pretty much out?), what's left that will do a good job cleaning the walls and the plants of brown algae and hair algae? Amano shrimp? Ghost shrimp? Olive nerite snails? Some other kind of snail? Something else?
What do you guys think?
Thanks!