In the fish keeping hobby, Algae is a common problem of every one! More or less a lot of people face this algae situation as far I have my experience. Basically if you don’t know what algae is, in simple words algae are rootless plants which often grows in a condition where sunlight and Nutrients for plants are available.
Why people do not like algae inside there tank?
Because algae will hinder the viewpoint of your aquarium. Sometimes because of this same algae , some aquarium tanks will look more natural! More or less maximum people don’t want algae inside there aquarium. But there is no possible way to completely get over algae specially when you have a planted tank. You can clean the tank, scrape of the algae is a one possible way. But cleaning your tank requires a lot of time and patients which often can be an issue for some people. But if the cleaning duration gets less, like if one can have more time gap in between cleaning the tank it will be much easier right?
So my friends , todays talk is about how to make this cleaning situation easy!
Algae often is found in those situation where there is more sunlight , less nutrients or there is more nutrients for your plants , less sunlight. It is quite nearly impossible to fix this problem cause at the end, your plants will grow eventually and algae will grow also. For this algae situation to get fixed, what is best is that to get fish that eats algae! Like using the algae as fish food. Well there is a lot of algae eaters found now a days but I can not suggest you all of them right?
I wanna suggest you three algae eaters that I have experience of having so that I can assure a better solution to you guys!
Plecostomus
At the first line, I will talk about Pleco Fish. Pleco fishes are sub category of catfishes who have a unique shape of mouth which often categorizes differently from other catfish category. Basically some people also calls them Suckers as the Suck out the algae which is on your aquarium glass. Often you will see that they stuck themselves in the aquarium tank with the help of their mouth. Maximum of the time you will observe in this condition. Pleco fish can be really large in size and really hard to keep. Specially the black colored one. Really hardy fish with skins which will feel hard, Their fins are hard also. You can have the Albino Pleco’s which doesn’t grows that much big or you can have the black ones which can grow really larger and my experience says that the black ones will be easy to maintain.
They usually can live upto 10 years or more! This armored Suckermouth can grow upto 12 inch’s.
The pricing of them in todays date starts from 7 dollars. You can consider about them easily!
The next option will be
Molly Fish
Molly fish is a worldwide famous among the fish keepers. For maximum of them, it is a starter fish as it requires less maintenance , Smaller in size which often can be kept in smaller tanks, less pricy which makes them a starters first priority. Besides they are really beautiful. And they are available in every possible way. They can be smaller in size but do not underestimate the possibility of their being colorful. There is a wide variety of color found in between them. Community fish and also calmer in nature will often reduce the concerns of tankmates! Incase you are new and don’t have any idea about molly fish, They are small in size usually 1 to 3 inch. And pricing will be near 2 to 6 dollars per fish. Really friendly fish to keep!
And the last introduction will be about
Cherry Shrimp
Cherry shrimps are really smaller in size which often can help in cleaning your tank. Mainly one cherry shrimp is not enough to clean your tank. But if you have them in a colony, they will help cleaning your tank. With their small limbs they can pick and clean the Algae, can clean your tanks substrate, can collect from your plants root.
Really bright in color, attractive looking, will make the environment of your aquarium more fascinating! They are aquarium breeders which can breed under optimal condition inside your aquarium! The brighter they are the brighter they will look! Try to choose the most bold red color possible. Consider them as a colony. You can keep 10 to 15 shrimps per gallon! They are mostly sold in packs. 25 dollar for a pack which contains 5 to 10 shrimps.
Okay friend this has been today’s talk which is helpful for you if you are facing algae problem. For farther questions you can follow our instagram and directly massage us friend!
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Thank you for your precious time friend! Will come back with another topic tomorrow !