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From: abukarb@adric.cs.orst.edu (Bassam A. Abu-Karroum)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: algae eaters
Keywords: janitors in your tank
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Date: 30 Apr 88 03:00:16 GMT
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Organization: Oregon State Universtiy - CS - Corvallis, Oregon
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There is a couple of algae eaters I know of, and they are very effective :

1.  Suckermouth Catfish (Plecostomus punctatus) :
      This fish grows to about 6" in home aquariums. It is an excellent
      consumer of algae, browsing from rocks and aquarium glass. Prefers
      medium-hard water.

2.  Golden Otocinclus (Otocinclus affinis) :
      This one grows yo about 1.6". Mainly active at night . During this
      time it browses algae, keeping the tank clean.


      They not nice to look at, but hey , they do the job.