Cold Water Algae Eaters With Goldfish
I ve kept ramshorn snails in 68 70 degree water and they seem fine.
Cold water algae eaters with goldfish. Also because goldfish have no stomachs they are constantly on the lookout for food. The hillstream loach is a fun algae eater to have as a part of your goldfish tank. But they do require cleaning out more often to help with the oxygen levels and to avoid the water conditions becoming a poor condition especiallt if you have algae in your tank.
They are much cheaper to care for than other types of fish. These intelligent and sociable creatures must be kept in groups of at least three. These little brown or red varieties will eat any form of algae and clean up dead plant and animal material in the tank.
This means that goldfish will eat algae wherever they find it off the sides of your tank off decorations. They eat algae and decaying matter from both the sides and bottom of the tank and may even try to eat debris off of other fish. Besides these little fluffy finned beauties being super active and fun to look at these little guys do a pretty good job of scrubbing the walls broad leafy plants and decor of your tank.
I tried adding mystery snails to my goldfish tank and the goldies found them to be an interesting toy. Most if not all algae eating fish are tropical and can not survive the cold waters that goldfish thrive in. Their antics are a pleasure to watch but they do need a tank that s an absolute minimum of 48 inches long.
As fellow cold water fish weather loaches are commonly recommended as good tank mates for goldfish. Goldfish are a very common type of fish to own. Because they eat algae with a vengeance while leaving healthy plants alone they make an excellent choice for little tank maintenance helpers and restore the balance of the aquarium.
However my dad who has a 10 gallon tank with a siamese fighting fish in it recently bought an algae eater and the employee at the store asked cold water or warm. A cold tolerant snail that can adapt to a wide range of temperatures this is one of the few snails that can survive winter outside. These fish are very friendly and are unlikely to fight with one another or goldfish.
I have them in my large planted tanks and they don t seem to eat my healthy plants. Goldfish do eat algae. They even breed in slightly brackish water.
I was under the impression that all algae eaters were warm water fish. These fish are clear with brown and yellow stripes and grow to be 4 to 5 inches long.
