Cory's & Algae

UgLy_eLf · 03-14-2005, 11:37 PM

So I am doing a little planning, I have a 7 inch pleco I'll be returning sooner or later this year.

Cory's are freaking adorable, but they're only bottom feeders that pick up scraps of food, and not algae correct?

Im not really interested in Otto's or CAE's for algae, whats another alternative, other than these and a pleco?

- I have a 28 gallon tank, with assorted tetra's and 3 platy's.

Lexus · 03-14-2005, 11:40 PM

Corys do not eat algae.
You could get algae eating shrimp or a snail or two.

garfieldnfish · 03-15-2005, 05:37 AM

Get a rubberlip pleco or a brstilenose. Unless you have driftwood in the tank, get the rubberlip. The bristlenose needs driftwood for digestion or it will die. The rubberlip is easy to find since Petsmart usually sells them. And one of them keeps my 29 gal spotless.

03-14-2005, 11:37 PM	#1
UgLy_eLf Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 124	Cory's & Algae So I am doing a little planning, I have a 7 inch pleco I'll be returning sooner or later this year. Cory's are freaking adorable, but they're only bottom feeders that pick up scraps of food, and not algae correct? Im not really interested in Otto's or CAE's for algae, whats another alternative, other than these and a pleco? - I have a 28 gallon tank, with assorted tetra's and 3 platy's.

03-14-2005, 11:40 PM	#2
Lexus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 2,406	Re: Cory's & Algae Corys do not eat algae. You could get algae eating shrimp or a snail or two. __________________ 55 Gallon 2 Blood Parrots 2 Angelfish 1 Fantail Goldfish 46 Gallon 1 Albino Bristlenose 2 Angelfish 4 African Dwarf Frogs 4 Black Skirt Tetras 5 Zebra Danios 8 Tiger Barbs 9 Neon Tetras 13 Assorted Corys 29 Gallon 8 Daffodil Cichlids & fry 1 Electric Blue Crayfish 10 Gallon 2 Snails

03-15-2005, 05:37 AM	#3
garfieldnfish Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 661	Re: Cory's & Algae Get a rubberlip pleco or a brstilenose. Unless you have driftwood in the tank, get the rubberlip. The bristlenose needs driftwood for digestion or it will die. The rubberlip is easy to find since Petsmart usually sells them. And one of them keeps my 29 gal spotless.

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