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Post by ladyqpid on Mar 1, 2006 17:42:36 GMT 10
Hi, could anyone make a suggestion as to what to purchase to help clean up the excess food that has dropped to the bottom of the tank. I did a clean up this morning and siphoned of waaaaaaaaaaaay to much food, so obviously i need to cut back on the feeding amounts and times, but I would like to add a couple of 'something' to help keep the tank in a pristine condition if possible. I currently have Siamese algae eaters, but, they just seem to concentrate on the algea. Any suggestions fellow fish lovers?
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Post by sassybees on Mar 1, 2006 20:18:54 GMT 10
I am a newbie... however I did get 2 bronze catfish............ well thats what the LFS called them... they are really Corydoras.well judging by pictures they are. My 2 zoom around the bottom of the tank sticking their nose into the gravel and munching. I dont know how they would go with your other fish. Sounds like cutting down on the amount of food is a good idea to.
Good luck with whatever you get and dont forget to Quarantine them.
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Post by Bumblebee on Mar 1, 2006 23:12:14 GMT 10
'Bronze cory' are corydora aneus as are most albino cory. Peppered cory are a slightly different species that are also very good. Highly reccomended for small tanks.
I would reccomend cory, Khuli loach (although these are great escape artists and can be sensitive.) or bristlenose catfish, that will both scavenge and eat algae.
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Post by ladyqpid on Mar 3, 2006 21:20:33 GMT 10
Hi, and thanks to you both for your help. I went out today and got cory's, Julii Cory's to be exact. Two normal and two albino. they are so cute. What surprised me was the price. The straight ones were $9 each and the albinos were being sold for $25 each, but, i went to the LFS around the corner from where I bought the straight ones and the young guy sold me two albinos for $3.50 each. Now I am not sure if he just made a mistake or the first shop had them priced wrong, but I was very, very happy to buy them for the smaller price. And boy are they energetic, zooming all around the place. I can't wait to put them into the big tanks. I know they are scavengers but is there anything you know of that I can give them as a treat to eat? Thanks
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Post by Bumblebee on Mar 3, 2006 22:22:49 GMT 10
were the expensive ones regular (c. aneus) or albino c.Julii . I they were an albino Julii then these would be very unusual. Both are great fish though.
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