Algae Control?

[ajs2294]

I have 3 tanks a the moment, and I always use bristlenose plecos for algae control, but im wondering what to put in a chiclid tank. What is a safe algae control solution for this?

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

I suspect most Syndontis catfish would be fine, but wait for some gurus to verify this.

 

[HappyGeorge]

My Syno multis don't seem to touch the algae in my tank, not that they were bought for that purpose.

 

[demasonisrule]

An algae scraper

 

[doresy]

Prevention is better, cut down on lighting times and prevent direct sunlight

 

[MikeO]

BN plec is fine in a chiclid tank.

I have an L137 in mine but he doesnt help! My best solution is a scraper. Doing muchos scraping at the moment with the bright daylight

 

[kiriyama]

What about a couple of Nerite Snails ?

 

[reignofcheese]

I've had bristlenoses with both new world and african type cichlids, keeping in mind I never choose the really aggressive types for my tanks. For my tanks algae control is my job anyway - all my fish are fed suitable diets so they don't do much for my algae anyway.

Of course, when it comes to my mbuna and tropheus cichlids I encourage as much algae as I can so I get a nice carpet of algae over the rocks. This allows the herbivores to graze - it's not much of a diet supplement but you do get to see that natural behaviour which is nice. Makes the tank look nice too, when algae is cleaned from everywhere except the rock structures.