crdave Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 Hi Everyone, I have a 2ft tank that is currently occupied by 4 female bettas and a bronze cory. Problem is it gets green algae on the glass etc. One of the lfs owners said it isn't harmfull to the fish or anything which would ring true as all the fish are perfectly happy and healthy you just cant see 'em as well as I'd like. I'd like to have a nice little cleaning crew in there but need advice on what would be suitable. Maybe Algae eaters or mystery snails? I have no idea so any help would be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mishy Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 Snails... or get some albino BN shipped over! (Erren has some going cheaply at the moment, and i'm not sure if the SA guys are trying to organise a shipment over?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crdave Posted August 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 Hi Mishy, I saw some nice gold mystery snails at lfs yesterday. Is there anything special to keeping them and would they be ok in this tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 only thing that will keep the glass clean is a magnet cleaner IME. Is the tank in direct sunlight? are there plants in it to assist in consuming nutrients the algae may be using to grow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 My BNs took care of the green algae. I had my doubts as its really well stuck on, but they made really short work of it! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 i have algae eaters (under 3" cause they grow to 1' and stop eating algae at about 6") and mystery snails as well as some ramshorn snails to keep my tank clean, they work pretty well, but you need to occasionally add in spirulina tabs as they eat a LOT and algae isn't enough all the time. btw, mystery snails are big on eating any soft plants you have in the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mishy Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 Hi crdave.. celeste is right. Drop in a quarter of an algae wafer and they should be all good. I actually find that the snails eat any food that falls to the bottom... It's hilarious when the snail tries to hold onto a shrimp pellet and the cories try to get at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbies Betta Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 yep, I'd go for Mystery snails also. I have them in all my tanks, and they keep the sides pretty clean. I feed mine algae wafers along with the cories, plus they eat whatever left over food that the cories or other fish dont eat to, so IMO they're great :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crdave Posted August 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 I bought a couple of algae eaters and a couple of mystery snails today, hopefully they will be ok. Yes Lilli the tank is in direct sunlight and it's fairly well planted but maybe I should put some more in do you think ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 naw, i'd wait and see how the snails and algae eaters go first :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 it's an uphill battle with a tank in direct sunlight, but good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDP Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 Has anybody tried algae eating shrimp? in particular Caridina japonica? I have been reading about these and was just wondering if anyone had tried them? Also curious as to how tasty fish seem to think they are they say not to mix them with aggressive fish but I'd like to find out if bettas have a go at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 Ive placed an order for some glass shrimp from Livefish.com.au and should be recieving them soon, will post the details soon, are japonica amano shrimp? im very sure they arent allowed in Aus as many overseas inverts arent . I plan to get a colony going in my nano and then will introduce them to my betta tanks, and after that in with my rams. HTH apple snails scare me they get the size of tennis balls and have feelers.... enough said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crdave Posted August 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 The new cleaning crew have done an awsome job.Just about all the algae is gone and the tank is looking pristene again. I have read about those glass shrimp and I'm curious too so let us keep us posted Daniel. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 LOL my biggest girl apple snail is the size of a tennis ball - they live for about 4 years or so it's awesome seeing her wandering about, she's really fast! and she does a good job of cleaning the tank :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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