Lynn Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Having hair algae problem and was wondering if the Siamese Algae eater will get along with the guppies and shrimp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pookies Aquatics Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Siamese algae eaters are generally peaceful fish and will get along fine with your guppies. It will not get along with the shrimp however and could eat them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pookies Aquatics Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 I would get snails. Those would eat the hair algae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynn Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 Thank you. What type of snails would you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alesha Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 I have guppies, endlers, snails, shrimp, pygmy chain loaches and Siamese algae eaters and they all get along just find so far. 🙂 I've only had the SAEs for about 3 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolstoy21 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 (edited) I find SAEs extremely effective at hair algae in my experience. In my tank, it’s the only thing to take on the longer threads that have gotten a foot hold and that the snails and Otos won’t touch. But when full grown, I’d imagine an sae might gladly gobble up baby shrimp. I’ve had cherry shrimp with a very fat adult sae and it seemed to leave them alone, either that or they were just masterful at avoiding it. The key is lots of cover and thick plants for the shrimp Other than that, an sae is pretty peaceful with every fish I’ve kept them with, but do have a tendency to be piggish and hog food when full sized. Edited November 5, 2020 by tolstoy21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolstoy21 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Lynn said: Thank you. What type of snails would you recommend? My magic algae fighting squadron is a bunch of otos, an sae and ramshorn snails. But really any snail will work. I just like ramshorns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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