What's your favorite bottom feeder?

[lordroad]

What's your favorite bottom feeder for ten/twenty-nine and fifty-five + gallon tanks?

Ten gallon: Ghost shrimp, Kuhli loach.

55+: a pack of Clown loaches.

 

[Managuense]

lol, my clowns (@ ~ 6 inches each) eat from my hands at the top more than anything else now

for 55 gallon or larger i really like the synodontis eupterus.....tough, large growing, and great for even cichlids like devil/midas, texas, and such.

for small tanks i like most of the cory varieties.

 

[lordroad]

Lol, me too Managuense... and mine are still juveniles, the largest at a little over 2".

Never seen the synodontis eupterus before, cool fish.

 

[steve535]

my favorite bottom feeder would be froggyfox.

just kidding.it is syno multipunctatus

 

[LoachLover]

I love Angelicus Botia Loach

 

[littlecobra1977]

mine has to be my dragon eels their the coolest, after them wood be corys and then catfish in general as long as theres nothing in there for them to munch on. well i cant even say that about cats as my bull heads are eating each others tails.
Shane

 

[Lotus]

So many to choose from... I want them all!

10g -- pygmy cories

29 or 55g any kind of botia, well, a bunch of them, and some cool plecos too... maybe a clown or gold nugget or rubbernosed or tiger peckoltia....

oh wait... I have all those

Doesn't stop me from wanting more.

 

[germanshepherds]

ANY catfish,i love the wiskers

 

[lordroad]

Rubbernosed plecs are really cool. Personally, other than the uber-rare and ultra expensive zebra plec, my favorite is the royal pleco.

In my ten gallon I have two tiny kuhli loaches and a couple of ghost shrimp. They're really neat to watch in a planted tank, especially after you drop in the food.

 

[LoachLover]

Clown Loaches, yoyo loaches, zebra loaches, sadleback loach they all rock

 

[phOOey]

clown loaches are awesome

 

[phOOey]

i also love my rts

 

[Purple]

Originally posted by Managuense
or 55 gallon or larger i really like the synodontis eupterus.....tough, large growing, and great for even cichlids like devil/midas, texas, and such.

for small tanks i like most of the cory varieties.

You're lucky Managuense - my Tex eats anything that hits the water - but I am fond of my eupterus - different tank of course - but we call him "Dracula" - serious fins on these guys.

There are a lot of small Pl*cos out there that are pretty cool - or a school of corries is always a plus - peppered corries are really active for instance.

Lots to choose from - kinda depends on tank-mates tho......

 

[LoachLover]

Some species for corie are pretty cool too

 

[jonny sqee]

my beloveded rainbow shark timmy

 

[mikekellys2nd]

would a red devil be considered a bottom feeder? i mean it is a natural digger.