Seized Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 What are your favorite clean up crews. Shrimp,snails,bottom feeders,ect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 I like Neocaridina shrimp, ramshorn snails and Malaysian trumpet snails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMWNDSR83 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 At this moment I have a clown pleco, 6 cories, and a handful of pesky snails who may eventually necessitate a different kind of clean up crew (suggestions welcomed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 My nano/pico favorites: Bladder snails, Otocinclus, Neocaridina, Dwarf Corydoras, Amano shrimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJE Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Neocaridina aren't the best at it but it's between them, cories and mts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shkote Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Shrimp, small Cories and snails (Ramshorn and Nerites) for smaller tanks, and BN plecos and larger Cories for 30g and up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSamsell Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Otocinclus, Chinese algae eater, snails (MTS, nerite, bladder, Mystery). Love the snails. 🐌🐌 🐌 🐌🐌 🐌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanR Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Amano and bamboo shrimp mystery and nerite snails and various bristlenose plecos (lemon blue eyed is my favorite). I haven't had much luck with the one or two ottos I tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Croney Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Getting rid of stringy algae that grows on plants and tank walls: rams horn snails are the coolest because of their color variety and shape. Pond snails are a good second best, although I personally like them less than ramshorn. Cleaning/maintaining the water column: I did clams once, and they are actually the best but are far too sensitive to water changes and die easily... Daphnia are hard to beat and are my best pick. I have to give an honorable mention to the large shrimp with fan-shaped hands that 'grab' stuff out of the water, just for being so cool. Removing detritus and other mucky stuff from the bottom: scuds are amazing for this in combination with detritus worms. Cleaning under gravel: I have no experience with them, but I understand trumpet snails are good for burrowing down into the bottom of gravel and cleaning it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Patience, extreme patience. I have found ignoring a problem sometimes results in the problem going away. pea soup green water - Had to ignore this for 10 long weeks before the tank eventually cleared Extreme hair algae - Usually ignoring this for 8 weeks or so will do the trick detritus - eventually reaches some sort of equilibrium in the aquarium, I am not sure why but I have never had this completely overtake an aquarium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Ellison Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I love mystery snails for glass cleaning. They aren't quite as effective as other but I enjoy them. I love using my CRS to clean my stem plants when they get algae growth. And plecos are my fav fish cleaner with Cory's a close second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBOzzie59 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Not in any particular order. Cory Cats Snails Bristlenose Plecos, my Platty / Pleco tank has at least 30 and it looks like more on the way Red Cherry Shrimp (these things breed like Guppies) Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faydout Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Me first and foremost. I don't keep aquarium critters to do my maintenance for me. I like that some happily share the workload with me, but at the end of the day. I'm the cleanup crew. That said, I like to keep Nerites and mystery snails (single mystery snails per tank to avoid them reproducing) around because they look cool. Bladder snails are great, the few times I've found them coming in from Co-op plants, I've intended on letting them do their thing, but they don't seem to do well in my set ups. I think my Keyholes eat them in one tank, and the other is cycling and they may not like the ammonia I'm dosing. I don't consider Corydoras part of any clean up crew types of fish. They don't eat algae or or fish poop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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