Fish That Clean Your Aquarium For
You
By Lee Dobbins
Maintaining an aquarium can be an ongoing task but you can lighten the
load of little bit by buying fish and other creatures that you part of
the work for you. These fish are scavengers that feed on the
any food on the bottom of the crater rim as well as the
algae. When buying these kinds of fish you need to be careful
of the kind that you buy us some can exist peacefully with your other
fish while others will attack them.
One of the toughest problems In maintaining a tank is keeping the algae
growth down. Luckily there are fish that actually eat the
algae keeping the tank clean for you!
The Chinese algae eater can eat in a normal salon of algae and attach
themselves to the flat surfaces of your tank and decorations scraping
algae off. The Chinese algae eater can become aggressive when
he becomes an adult and may even attack larger fish so they are great
having a tank when they are young, but not so good when they're adults.
The flying fox or trunk barb each LG and also will eat the leftover
food at the bottom of the tank. They shouldn't be put in with
a similar species though as they can become territorial.
If you want a shy and peaceful fish that is a good community member and
also each algea then you could try getting a catfish for your aquarium.
Snails are another fish tank creature that eats algae but they'll go
for the plants first so if you have live plants in your tank you might
not want to add snails. Apple snails might be a good idea
because they prefer the LG over the plants however you may find them
feeding on sleeping fish! another thing to keep in mind is
that snails reproduce pretty quickly so if you don't want a tank full
of snails by only one.
Sometimes live plants have snail eggs are ready on them. I
once put a plant in my tank and low and behold all of a sudden I had
tons of teeny tiny snails - and I mean tons! If this happens
to you and you want to get rid of them think about buying a
loach. Loaches eat snails and they also eat algae so you can
kill two birds with one stone. Sucker loaches, however, made
a bit of the fish when they grow to be adults.
cleaner shrimp can help with Tank maintenance. Bumblebee
shrimp will eat leftover food enough help keep down algae growth In the
tank but you have to be careful to provide them with other food as
well. These shrimp are only about an Inch long and relatively
harmless to your other fish. Ghost charm will eat both algae
and the food at the bottom of the tank too but they also might eat
small fresh and may get to the fish food before your fish can even eat
it as collection point!
If you have any saltwater aquarium, then getting a couple of crowds
might be a great way to cut down on algae. Hermit crabs who
eat algae as well as the food that sells on the bottom of the
aquarium. Keep in mind, however, that you must buy crabs that
don't grow larger than an inch as big crabs might kill your
fish. Emerald green crabs and need Mithrax crabs
might be good for saltwater tank. Sally Lightfoot crabs eat hair algae
and bubble algae and are also very peaceful creatures.
So there you have it, some creatures to add interest to your tank as
well as help you clean it!
Lee Dobbins writes for http://www.fish-tank-guide.com
where you can learn more about fish tanks and tropical fish.
Article Source: Fish That Clean Your Aquarium For You
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second look. You can't be quite sure your fish are all still there,
because the water isn't clear enough for you to see them! Oops! Time
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challenging as well, especially if you start off with fish that are
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inexpensive freshwater fish species. Finding good starter fish for your
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