good bottom feeders for a 65 gallon

[Brobro]

any1 know good bottom feeders for a 65 gallon tank. here is the current setup:

1 kissing gourami
1 severum
1 festive cichlid
4 giant danios
3 clown loaches (1 missing, unknown reason, lots of hiding places so who knows)

 

[Wormo3188]

Well you better find the loach, you dont want a dead fish lying around in there to mess with your water chemistry.

Well, I would have to say a clown pleco would do grand in a tank like that.

hmm. I seem to have one that has outgrown my tank, I will drive it over immediatly.

But if you dont want it I have a Rapheal Talking Catfish, and they do wonders, I had a rock completely covered with algea, within days it was scrapped bare. What type of bottom feeder are you looking for, algea, excess food, whatever?

 

[lil_mikey69]

I suggest a bristlnose. I actually dont know how well it does feeding from the bottom, but I see mine sifting thru the substrate looking for something. They do wonders w/ alage though!

 

[Brobro]

well, i have declared the clown loaches death. unknown reason, disappered. i will get another one, then i am thinking of some sort of scavenger.

 

[Wormo3188]

Dont keep replacing the fish right away, you might end up with some sort of undetected disease, and all the fish just havent shown it yet. Wait a while before introducing more fish. Let the tank settle in, then see if you want to add more loaches. Let the tank settle first, you just added a bunch of fish, some are bound to die, let the strongest survive and then wait, let them get accustomed to the tank. Then work on replacing the dead ones.

 

[Brobro]

not true, i have had the tank for a while and know the fish are extreamy healthy, i even think the giants are posing breeding colors. none are going to die for a while, unless a disease strike. before i buy a fish anyway i wait until the weekend,when the healthy fish are there, since they have been there a week without disease, sometmes 2 weeks

 

[Wormo3188]

I never said that the fish werent healthy, I just said give a few days. You never know what could happen. And dont get any this weekend, if they bring a disease to your tank, you will be gone all week and not know what is going on, it could even take out your entire tank when you are not home. If you want to risk it, go ahead its your $$$ and your fish. Wait until after the break before getting anything new to your tank.

 

[catfishmike]

well anyways on to that bottom feeder fisrt bottom feeder need proper food not just leftovers.a good choice could be a nice lace cat or other medium sized syno.a pictus cat or two are not so bad as long as there are no mouthsized morsels(small fish) in the tank.oh and don't forget raphael cats they are great afterhours bottom feeders and don't get too big

 

[Brobro]

HE IS ALIVE!

i found the missing clown today schooling with the other clowns. they were looking for food i guess because after they went right back into the driftwood that they always hide in. so now i do have 3 clowns.

i think i will get a striped raphael. Wormo, think i could purchase one from you?

 

[Wormo3188]

I will have to think about it, but they are really great fish, they clean the tank of algea like no other. But yeah, that is a possibility, but as of right now my tank seems to be doing fine, I will talk to you about it in a few days (3+ hour plane ride)