alge eater for 10 gallon tank

[BETTA999]

i am loking for some alge eaters  (it cannot be shrimp)

[Colu]

Nerite snails or ramshorn snails are a good choice for a ten gallon they will do a good job at keeping the algae under control

[BETTA999]

@Colu any fish ?

[_Eric_]

Otos / nerite snails would give you decent help for a lot of algae types. You could get a flagfish if you like them but I wouldn’t get them just to help out on algae.  

[Brandon p]

One fish not to get is the Chinese algae eater. Very small albino brittlenose woulld work but it would not be a permanent home. I buy they at less than 1” and grown some and then to a bigger tank as a have several that would work. 

May I ask what type of fish you have? As it can change the limited number of fish options  that would work for you

[Flumpweesel]

What about garras or hill stream loaches both of these prefer cooler tanks but depending on the type of garra you can find you could have a couple

[CorydorasEthan]

If you were looking for a fish, the first one that comes to mind are the Otocinclus catfish.

[AndEEss]

On 7/28/2022 at 4:30 PM, Flumpweesel said:

What about garras or hill stream loaches both of these prefer cooler tanks but depending on the type of garra you can find you could have a couple

Hillstream loaches are also very social creatures which should be kept with several of their own kind. Probably not ideal in a 10g tank.

[Brandon p]

On 7/28/2022 at 7:09 PM, CorydorasEthan said:

If you were looking for a fish, the first one that comes to mind are the Otocinclus catfish.

Some many people have a hard keeping them alive. Chances are if you never heard of them they would hard to keep

[anitstuk]

If you can somehow get in a VERY SMALL Hillstream loach then it could work or an Otocinclus could work too. Depends what the stocking in the tank is as well.

[JettsPapa]

On 7/28/2022 at 9:29 PM, Brandon p said:

Some many people have a hard keeping them alive. Chances are if you never heard of them they would hard to keep

I agree.  I wouldn't recommend otocinclus.  They're almost all wild caught, and have often suffered irreparable harm to their digestive systems before reaching the stores.  There's a reason online sellers with live guarantees make an exception for them.

[Lots Of Loaches]

We use a clown pleco in my wife’s 10 gallon. It stays small but does a great job controlling algae. The only down side (IMO) is you might not see it very often.

[BETTA999]

thank for all the opinion there are bettas in a 10 gallon tank a sorority the problem is that they disappear the foood in second so i need or a fast alge eater or a bottom dweller