Seized Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Need some algae eaters for my 20 gallon tanks. Pond snails arent doing quite enough to fight the algae off. Easy carbon helps but i need a cleaning crew. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Lizzie Block Posted October 27, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 27, 2020 How stocked are you? Otocinclus, Nerite snails for GSA, Amano shrimp.. tons of options. Easy carbon or hydrogen peroxide works well to spot treat hair algae. Critters always seem to love the algae more when it's dead/dying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolstoy21 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) @SeizedHad similar issues recently. Large scale hair algea outbreak plus some GSA. I got thing under control with ottos, a siamese algae eater and a handful of ramshorn snails. However, a 20 gallon might be on the tad small for an SAE, as they grow fast. I don't know if otos will eat existing long tufts of hair algae (I use the SAE to gobble down that), but in my experience they do seem to prevent it from getting established and coming back as they graze the leave and rocks. I went from algae-mageddon to clean tank in about a week and a half. Edited October 27, 2020 by tolstoy21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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