What would you do with a 10ga aquarium?

[knsrn]

OMG WaterWitchin, those are adorable.

I do not have enough money (or time, really) to take care of more creatures!! I need to keep telling myself this.

But to join the hijacked conversation, my family and I have recently become addicted to Youtube fish tank videos- I highly recommend FishForThought, FootheFlowerhorn, and SerpaDesign (though he does more terrariums). Not sure if they are super educational, but we find them entertaining or relaxing.

[DirtyCoconuts]

i use a magic scrubber lol


i used to have a Japanese algae eater but i could not give her enough algae and had to feed her supplemented pellets and i realized that was counter productive so i rehomed he to a friend whose tank gets sunlight and has MAJOR algae issues

Ramshorn snails are really pretty but they are not great algae eaters

[WaterWitchin]

You would love shellies. They're tiny, and like little territorial bulldogs. And they spit sand everywhere. Super cool fish.

I try to avoid talking about aquariums, as I have numerous in my garage. I've not had one set up in the house now for coming on three years this fall. The longest I've gone without an aquarium since I was a teenager. Once I start thinking about it...well, you know how that goes.

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Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

i use a magic scrubber lol

Those are hard on plant leaves.

[Subrosa]

Algae where ES? If it's on glass I plan on looking through, I'm the best algae remover. If it's on plant leaves I like Otocinclus catfish. Anywhere else and I normally don't give it a thought unless it's a problem species like black beard.

[WaterWitchin]

That’s the name I was trying to remember! Otocinclus! Yes, super good for plant cleanup... don’t play well with cichlids. I forgot about me and my cool Piranah algae scrubber? Excellent call. Wasn’t even thinking glass... rocks and sand sifting (nerites).

Shall I pull out my blackbeard algae bloom pics? Guaranteed to horrify!

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On plants and, to a degree, fake rock aquascaping. I use a pot scrubber on the glass.

Aquarist forums are like orchidjst forums. If I ask there "Snails or algae eating fish?" everybody would respond "You need both!"

[WaterWitchin]

The Otos are top of line for plant algae. What else is in the tank?

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It's a 75 gallon / 283 liter tank with four largish Dennison's barbs I've had about 7 years.

[WaterWitchin]

Otos should be fine with them in that sixe tank.

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PS That’s a long life for D.barbs!