Messy Fish?

[Le Sorcier]

In my limited experience I've noticed that Platys and Mollies produce loads of waste (visually anyway). But Corys, Guppies etc don't seem to?


I've found with Platys in my tank my filter gets much dirtier? Is this normal?

 

[jonnyf84]

plecs and shrimp, plecs especially, i breed common plecs so the breeding tubs don't have substrate and you would be amazed how much crap builds up, mounds of the stuff, its unbelievable!

 

[Anguilla82]

alot of cichlids tend to be messy eaters, and predators like arrowana and snakeheads often tear chunks out of their food rather than swallow it all in one go, so alot of food tends to fall to the bottom uneaten.

 

[oscars r ace]

oscars r very messy and also plecs as already mentioned.

 

[crazychris]

Yeah plecs are poo machines. Very messy especially when large.

 

[catxx]

Goldfish, Plecos (including Otocinclus), large Cichlids, large oddball predators are all messy. As are snails including Apple Snails.

A happy Pleco is a pooping Pleco!

 

[Le Sorcier]

Any ideas for good clean options?

 

[shelaghfishface]

Any ideas for good clean options?

wheres the fun in that ?

oscars are really messy they spit food all over the place half chewed and thats not forgetting what comes out the other end
but love em