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08-16-2005, 12:41 PM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Preston UK
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|  Cold water algy eaters Is ther such a thing.. i need one for my goldie tank somthing small as its only a 10gal. i seem to get a lot of the brown looking algy yes my nitrite levels are fine acording to my test kit. wht can i do. and b4 anyone suggests a bigger tank i nither have the monew or the room let alone the willpower to talk the wife around 
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08-16-2005, 02:10 PM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: May 2003 Location: Galloway, OH
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| A Hillstream Loach is probably your best bet. You'll need some current in there though.
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08-21-2005, 01:45 PM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: I currently lodge in a house with my Jack Russell pup, Boosh.
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| As you have a 10GAL - I'd suggest you look up the fish you're planning on getting, mainly because some need quite abit of room! I have always thought a snail was the right way to go... It's up to you. Just PLEASE research the fish first. PS: A Hillstream loach is a hard little fish to find! Plus - with any Loach, they have their moments of aggression (so i've heard).. and as they need a currant, you'll have to spend abit more to buy an air pump or something for them.. Hmmmm - Perhaps a huge tank cleanout will solve the problem.
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08-22-2005, 04:46 PM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
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| go for a snail.... You could get a pleco, but they can get HUGE...... And, I don't think oto's are okay in a goldie tank...... Siamese algae eaters are too agressive....and are tropical....
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08-22-2005, 06:22 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Portland
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| Amano shrimp prefer cooler temps as well, and they do an awesome job on algae. I keep CAE, SAE, and Amanos in my unheated tank. Temps get down to about 68 or 70 in the winter and the fish love it.
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08-23-2005, 11:11 AM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Jan 2003
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| Best fish I found for clearing up algae in a coldwater tank is a garra pingi pingi. Like the hillstream loach, they are hard to track down and very territorial - I have two in a four foot tank and one keeps the other in a corner. Hillstream loaches are difficult to keep long term. Like many, mine just died on me and didn't seek to put on any weight despite eating all day long. I wouldn't keep a pleco in a 20g with a goldfish.
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