White Algae Eater
Great for community aquariums and have be housed with a wide range of fish including tetras other barbs plecos and corydoras etc.
White algae eater. Filters are also clogged within 1 day because the algae. There are a few different algae eaters to choose from including snails shrimps and certain algae consuming fish. Guide to freshwater algae eaters.
Chinese algae eaters is an active fish that spends most of its time on the bottom. Tank size and conditions. For the juveniles a tank of 26 us gallons 100 liters is quite enough for adult species a tank of 52 us gallons 200 liter and more is required especially if you have a group of fish in the tank.
Technically you can just take them out and brush it off as best you can and put it back in. Min tank size of 30 gallons. Typically chinese algae eaters spend their time at the bottom of the tank searching for algae to eat.
Chinese algae eaters need at least 30 gallons of space with a ph of around 6 5 to 7 5 and a temperature between 74 and 80 degrees. Algae eating invertebrates and fish tank cleaners can help alleviate the problem for you. It doesnt adversely affect fish and after a certain amount of time 4weeks 6weeks it ll go away by itself once the nutrition in the tank stabilizes reduces to a certain point.
Introducing algae eaters into your freshwater aquarium as well as making sure your aquarium filtration is up to scratch can help to prevent your tanks algae production from becoming an eye sore. Add a scattering of smooth rocks and pebbles on which algae can grow and provide a few caves driftwood and twisted roots where the fish can hide. It s completely normal to have to scrape algae growth off the sides of a tank but it can be trickier to clean your substrate equipment live plants and decor.
In nature chinese algae eaters live in free flowing water where oxygen levels are quite high. As a result you need to decorate the bottom of your tank with fine sand lots of plants and more. The globs cannot be fought off by scraping ick algae eater and all of the living fish have all died within one day.
Algae is a common problem in both new and mature aquariums.