Algae Eaters

[Bubble eye]

Are there any coldwater algae eating fish

 

[harryman]

not to my knowledge all i no is there are snails

 

[smithrc]

Are there any coldwater algae eating fish

yes... one that springs to mind would be a "hill stream Loach" or "Borneo Sucker" called lots of names but they are cool water fish that like a high flow rate and lots of oxygen

 

[Bubble eye]

The oxygen etc isnt a problem but how big do they grow

 

[guppy_man]

yes "hillstream loach" they are in with goldfish in petsathome i think they grow about 1"

 

[Bubble eye]

Sounds like what im looking for where could i get one from

 

[ncstater1919]

woah! wait! oh crap, cant common plecos go in a pond!?!?!?!? a man that owned a pet store said that it could? i mean its livig but will it be alright?

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

yes "hillstream loach" they are in with goldfish in petsathome i think they grow about 1"

There are many species/types of hillstreams loaches, none of them stay at 1inch though as far as i know.
I would not advise these as coldwater algae eating fish as they are really sub tropical fish and although efficient algae eaters, they often need a constant supply of algae since they don't take that well to or thrive on dried foods like algae wafers- they are quite high maintanence fish as well to keep in the long term successfully;

http/www.loaches.com/hillstream_loaches.html

The above link contains info on keeping them correctly/successfully, as for true coldwater algae eating fish i honestly can't think of any though- Bubble eye would be better sorting out his algae problems himself if he has any .