Patrick M. Bodega Aquatics Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Hello! In the fishroom that I'm planning I was going to include a 500g with a black arowana, discus, and motoro stingrays. What (if any) clean up crew could you add with fish that would eat the normal shrimp or snail? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateGoldfish Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 What type of substrate do you have? Id add in like 300 malasyian trumpet snails at the same time if you have sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick M. Bodega Aquatics Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 I haven't built the tank yet but I was going to use sand. I'd do this mainly because of the stingrays and ascetics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Some of the bigger catfish like royal pleco would be fine with stingrays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I would think of the stingrays as the cleanup crew. They're pretty good at sucking up any uneaten food and will scour the bottom of the tank looking for food pretty much nonstop. The sailfin or gibbiceps pleco would be a good algae eater/cleanup crew for such a tank also. They get big fast and will even continue to eat algae at a larger size. (At least the one I had did.) I might be a tick nervous about plecos and rays. Plecos tend to nibble on flat-bodied fish on occasion and there's not a more flat bodied fish than a ray. A giraffe catfish might be a good cleanup fish and could be less threatening to a ray. You probably already know this, but in case you don't, black arowanas end up looking an awful lot like a "normal" silver arowana as they mature. They start out looking totally different when young, but as they mature they look more and more like a "normal" silver arowana. Most people only see them as young fish and imagine them keeping that coloration, but they don't. They're very impressive as a baby fish, but when an adult they're very similar to a normal silver arowana. The bigger they get, the harder it is to tell the two apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick M. Bodega Aquatics Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 Thank you both very much! Another forum recommended a pictus catfish. Would they work? I really like their coloration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max G Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I think a geofagus could fit well. They sift through sand and also get some nice colours. I've never kept pictus cats but I've heard that they can hog all the food which might be a problem with the rays. Maybe another member knows more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick M. Bodega Aquatics Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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