Are Cory's Algae Eaters?

[gayno]

Do Cory's eat algae in the same way that Otos and Plecs do?

Im starting to get a bit of a covering now and desperatly need a/some fish to clean it all up. Its on the glass as well as bogwood and gravel.

 

[Amerce]

Do Cory's eat algae in the same way that Otos and Plecs do?

Im starting to get a bit of a covering now and desperatly need a/some fish to clean it all up. Its on the glass as well as bogwood and gravel.

My cory's eat all the uneaten food that the fish leave, but they are not algae eaters (as far as I've seen) their mouths aren't designed to suck on glass or stuff.

 

[Barracuda518]

Do Cory's eat algae in the same way that Otos and Plecs do?

Im starting to get a bit of a covering now and desperatly need a/some fish to clean it all up. Its on the glass as well as bogwood and gravel.

Cories do not go out of thier way to eat algae. They will eat algae waffers, but the waffers have more then algae in them. They have a lot of other protein. I would not buy cories thinking they will fix your algae problem, because they will not.

Good Luck

 

[rdd1952]

As mentioned, they may eat some algae but only if they can't find anything else to eat. They are primarily scavengers that hunt leftover food. As for your algae problem, you need to discern what type algae it is first and then try to fix the problem. If it is something like blue green algae (not really an algae but a bacteria), there aren't any fish that will eat it. Other algae eaters such as plecos, otos, siamese algae eaters and amano shrimp will eat certain types of algae but not all types. So if you don't know what type algae you have, it's a shot in the dark as to whether the fish/shrimp you buy will eat it.