Starting My First Fishtank

[yancho]

demend4? I think you just read my first post only ey? By now I ended with a 4fth aquarium with all the heaters / filters etc I have 4 guppies and 2 cories [TILL NOW]

 

[yancho]

For my algae I got 2 x Pleco and 5 x Ottocinclus - they already did a superb cleaning job!!!

 

[OldMan47]

The otocinclus are great at cleaning algae but I have stopped trying to keep them in my own tanks. They simply refuse to take anything but algae in their diet and I don't like to move fish around enough to keep mine fed. After I lost a few of them, I stopped using them to control algae. My choices were to buy fish destined to die or to clean the algae myself. I chose the second option.

 

[yancho]

Yeah you're right. I already lost 2.

I bought them some zucchini's too which look they like it.

 

[waterdrop]

Yes, I've pretty much given up on otos too although I've been tempted since back when OM47 talked about growing algae on rocks in a bucket in the back yard (that was you wasn't it OM?) ..sounded like a good idea although just another extra thing to be worrying about.

WD

 

[shasm]

The otos are nice looking fish too. I just looked them up. Learning everyday

 

[yancho]

well they seem quite healthy eating zucchinis and cucumbers which i put with a fork on the gravel. also the rock in sun will be something ill start doing very soon - problem is sun and london - not a good match

 

[waterdrop]

...come to think of it, part of the enjoyment of leaving the sunny southern USA for London is the novelty of all the gray! --wd--