Plants in Tang tank

[parkesg]

Hi

I have anubias in my Tang tanks and they get a fair bit of algae on the leaves.

Can anyone suggest a catfish (other than BN and large pleco's) that stays quite small and does a good job of cleaning?

I have used pleco's but they end up too big and when I trade for a new small one there is always the issue of introducung disease into my tanks.

Thanks

[chrisso81]

Other than bn's and plecos/gibbi's there isn't a lot that would be hardy enough to survive the parameters of a tang tank IMO. I could be wrong of course, I'm pretty sure I read that Steve (ndoboi) is keeping his L104's in his Tang tank.

Perhaps a solution could be to add some more plants, such as Val (hardy and grows quickly to use up excess nutrients) and java fern, reduce lighting by a coupla hours and maybe just add more bristlies? Even albino's should be hardy enough for the Lake Tang parameters and will add some different colour too.

Good luck anyway

[Rod54]

What about snails???

[poxboy]

If it's hair/brush algae you're talking about, siamensis will do a good job. These guys must be aclimatised very slowly, but once in there, should cope quite happily.

Bretto.

[parkesg]

Hey

I don't like snails - the small ones end up in my spinning arm and slow the flow. The larger ones I have found die easly.

Its just brown/green algae - I can remove it with my fingers but is time consumming and sometimes uproots the plants.

Thanks for the replies.