Bottom Dweller/algae Eater

[gearhead65]

I'm looking for a bottom dweller/algae eater that will be compatible with my swordtails, mollies and my lone betta. I haven't added salt to my aquarium yet, but I'd like something that can handle a little salt. Any suggestions?

 

[TheHolding]

Not sure your betta would handle the salt TBH.

Why do you intend to make it brackish? Although mollies thrive in brackish they can also handle fresh water.

 

[Quisty]

I have a regular pleco in my brack tank and he does great.

 

[Sarn1]

I just got a dragon (violet) goby, and he's like a little vacuum cleaner sucking up all the leftover food that falls to the bottom of the tank. I would highly recommend looking into one of these guys they are a very interesting looking fish however he creeps out my wife. I haven't noticed him eating algae yet but I've read its sharp teeth are used for scraping algae off rocks.

 

[didz04]

The violet goby would be very useful then in my tank my rocks are full of growing algae but with the fish I have not all can go into brackish.