Please Recommend an Algae Eater

Hi all

I'm fighting algae with all the techniques I know. I've got 2 more tries and if that doesn't work, I'm going to have to get an algae eating fish.

I originally only wanted fish from Tanganyika but I'm losing the battle and may have to get whatever works.

I have cyprichromis juvies and shellies, and calvus that are juvies and I don't want any aggressive fish in my tank. I had mbuna for 6 years and I'm done with aggressive.

I need something that can handle my chems, not mess with my fish (petricola) and eat lots of algae.

Does this creature exist? I had a Chinese algae eater in my Malawi tank, but he was aggressive. He also stopped eating algae when he got big.

Ideas?

Thanks

Stephen

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Have you consider nerite snails?

Arlene

Any kind of ancistrus (bristlenose pleco) will eat algae.

The recommendations of nerite/BN plecos are good ones.

I keep both nerites and bristle nose plecos with my tangs. No worries, no algae either.


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Less light and/or nutrients will help as well...

Matt