Community Advice Needed!

[CBBP]

well I am finally gettign around to caring for my 29 gallon planted. Yesterday I added 3 black skirt tetras in with 5 high-fin pepper cories. I plan to add another cory (one died during the move to the smaller tank) and 6 more BSTs.

Questions:
It needs an Algea eater, what algea eater will do best in this tank?
what else can I add?
Will a trio pearl gouramis go in this tank?

 

[johnatkin]

I've found that Ottos are one of the best algae eaters available. They need keeping in groups of at least 3 and it is best not adding them until your tank is well established and has plenty of algae already growing.

 

[CBBP]

I've found that Ottos are one of the best algae eaters available. They need keeping in groups of at least 3 and it is best not adding them until your tank is well established and has plenty of algae already growing.

Oh it has carpets of algea on the back wall and one of the sides (it is in a corner and it is a plesant looking back ground, it seems to stay off the plants. I plan to do IE on it and they might kill off the algea.

Ottos.. will they suck onto the BST or pearl gouramis?

what other fish can i add? haha

 

[johnatkin]

Some poeple say they do stick onto gouramis but I have ottos in both my tanks with gouramis and I have never seen any evidence of it. Wonder if they may do it if they are not getting enough food by other means.

 

[confusion]

I have oto's with my gouramis, and I have not once seen that happen. I've seen the "flying foxes", I think they're called, which look an awful lot like oto's stick to fish like gouramis.

 

[CBBP]

mm.. I see.. Well i can always jsut buy three and haul them back to the store if they are a problem.