Algae eater

[BigFishSmallPond]

Hello recently i asked about the algae situation in my ten gallon with two dwarf gouramis. I was told i could get 3 otto to go with them. My lfs has no otto atm but they have "algae eaters". Would these work as an alternative? If so how big do they get/ how many should i get? If not are there any alternatives that would work for this tank config? thanks in advance!

-ak

 

[WILDER]

Do you no the name of the algae eater.

 

[BigFishSmallPond]

thats what its labled as =[ they are very small looking and there are lots in the tank =]

Not plecos. Wish i could be more informative but my lfs sucks. =] I think they were a light brownish color but dont quote me on that

 

[WILDER]

Take a look here but you could be a long time finding it.
http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/com_index.htm

 

[BigFishSmallPond]

Yah they will have otto in the store before i find them on THAT list thanks anyway. is there an alternative to ottos that u could suggest? thanks again.

-ak

 

[WILDER]

I have pit bull plecs they don't grow to big.

 

[Jen]

My lfs had some fish labled the same way... he turned out to be an Chinese Algea Eater. Iloved him. He was great. Get pretty big - mine was like 11 inches.

Have a look at these two links. Could be either of these.

Chinese Algae Eater
Siamese Algae Eater

 

[Raechal]

I would suggest a rubber lipped plec. But watch out because they may be labeled as:

rubber nosed plec
rubber lipped plec
bull dog plec
pit bull plec


Any of the names above are the same fish. I believe they grow to be about 5.5 inches max. I've had mine for 3 months and he hasn't grown a centimeter! He is about a 1.5 inches now. Although I never see him sucking on the glass, but then again I've never had an algae problem. He doesn't have to "work" for his food and clean the glass...he just waits for me to drop in the sinking algae wafers.