whats the best fish for eating algae?

[braders]

wot is the the best fishes, dnt say catffishes becasue there are loadz lol

 

[White Whale]

Otos!!!

 

[braders]

wot bout snails? i'm thinkin of getting and apple snail, but i dunt know wether it wil get along with my chinese sucker fish///>???

 

[braders]

wot bout snails? i'm thinkin of getting and apple snail, but i dunt know wether it wil get along with my chinese sucker fish///>??? and ive got lots of plants aswell....

 

[appleblossom]

Hillstream loach / chinese butterfly fish!!!!!!

 

[tstenback]

gotta back Itty Bitty Betta on this one. otos are algae eating machines. nothing matches these guys for algae removal full stop.

 

[modernhamlet]

For the regular stuff, Otos.

For more diverse algae problems, the Siamese Algae Eater.

 

[Abernathy]

Flying foxes

 

[Dwarfs]

Hillstream loach / chinese butterfly fish!!!!!!

Those are coldwater

 

[jams.alaskan]

Otos...

ALASKA

 

[Tropjunky]

snails are good but don't get the little black\gray ones that most fish keepers try to kill. get apple snail and i don't think it's a good idea if u got plants. if u got plants then get a plec or an algee pad .

Nothing beats hard work then it comes to algee bu RO water helps.

 

[nightlife20]

why not have golden apple snails with plants?

i have a heavily planted tank an i have a golden apple snail... it cleans the algea off the plants... it dost eat the plants itself...

 

[Cheese Specialist]

IME Hillstream Loaches but as already said these are coldwater fish.

Otos are great! I like them as fish and they are always munching on algae. A lot of people go on about Siamese Flying Foxes but I have never noticed my 5 make an impact, but then I have never seen algae in that tank either.