Any algea eater suggestion?

[hutucong]

I have a 10G tank with 6 white clouds and one albino cory and one oto. There are three small plants too. The tank has a lot of brown and green algea at the buttom and wall of the tank and the leaves of plants. I keep a oto is becasue it can eat algea. But it looks like that one oto does not do the job well. Should I put more otos or any other algea eaters?

My friend says pletco is very good, but i think my tank is too small for it.

thanks!

 

[nobody]

10gal is to small for a pleco, being that I've seen some grow to about 12". You could try just regular algea eaters. They look like this

They also come in gold and only get about 4" to 6" long and they do a pretty good job of helping keep the algea down. Although, they might need a little help.

 

[cinlnk]

CAE will get toooooo big for a 10 g...... the BEST little algae eater out and PERFECT for a 10 g is an Otocinclus Catfish. I have several of these guys and they keep my tanks SPOTLESS.
IMO CAE are worthless.... specially when they get bigger*thumbsdow

 

[nobody]

Is that what my type of algea eater is? A CAE?

 

[cinlnk]

Looks like a Chinese Algae Eater to me

 

[nobody]

oh. I just didn't know what CAE stood for and also they're just called algea eaters in the lfs around here, so I didn't know, thanks.

 

[PlecoCollector]

I vote for another Oto and another Cory (to keep your's company)

 

[go_dawgs]

yeah i have two otos and they do a pretty good job and i have a ten galoon also

 

[Shaunna]

I suggest a couple more otos too. Nobody, yours could be a Siamese algae Eater... apparently the two are nearly impossible to tell apart besides something that has to do with their mouths. Maybe google the siamese Algae eater and see if you can find a website that will compare them side by side. I found one liket hat but can't remember what site it was.

 

[bigredspecial]

That's a CAE; SAE's don't have sucker mouths.

back on topic, yes, another Oto would go good in a 10.

 

[Shaunna]

Oh, ok, Bigred... I knew it had something to do with the mouths! Thanks for that, I will know what to look for next time as well.

 

[ashleigh]

Actually SAEs and CAEs don't look much alike at all, people confuse SAEs and flying foxes. At any rate, I agree that another oto would be good, but not much else will go in a 10. If you are having algae problems it usually means you need to cut back on a nutrient- which means you might want to think about reducing light in the tank or lightening feedings and doing more water changes.

 

[Shaunna]

Thanks for that Ashleigh. I just came across a site a while back that had two of them side by side comparing them. The names get thrown around so much it is hard to keep up with which is which. Personally, I don't have any of them! Well I have my 2 otos.