Fish that eat junk off the bottem of the tank

[Junglefishy]

Please help me .... Im going to buy a fish that eats the junk off the bottem of the tank but i need to know the name of a good garbage eating fish ... any help would be great im going in about 3 to 4 hours and i dont want the lady at the pet stopre selling me something that is not appropriate


thanks Junglefishy

 

[Sonic Budz]

Catfish ?

I don't know much about "garbage eating fish", but you probably can't go wrong with a good 'ole catfish. Mine is always roaming the bottom of the tank picking stuff out of the gravel.

Good Luck !

 

[colesea]

There are no fish that eat junk or garbage off the bottom of a fish tank. There are fish who are bottom feeders that will eat fresh food that has been missed by surface or midwater feeders. But no fish I know likes to eat garbage, most would prefer to eat fresh stuff.

I would need a bit more information about your tank before I could recommend a bottom feeder for you. While certain catfish may fit the bill, others may not, and you could end up with a predatory catfish that would rather eat your neons than scavange flake.
~~Colesea

 

[Junglefishy]

wel thanks for the info i have about 10 guppies and 3 neons in my tank it is ten gallon tank has 5 live plants and green alge growing on the sides has a fairly low ph i can not seem to get it up being stable but the fish are fine it has been like this for ever and most were born in the tank so they must like it also i have a bubble blower and thats about it .. so it looks like the cat fish is the best for my tank
thanks Junglefishy

 

[geoff]

There are lots of different types of catfish. You should probably go for a couple of corys of some sort. They don't get very big, and although I don't have any yet, I hear they are quite good at keeping the gravel clean.

 

[Junglefishy]

Alrighty everone thanks for the help im running down to get acouple of corys
see you all later Junglefishy

 

[Junglefishy]

Ok im back and i have 2 smaller peppered corys are they ever cute ..... i will let you know how they settle in the tank

later Junglefishy

 

[Junglefishy]

ok well it looks like they like my tank so far ... they are moving around pretty fast and eating i think they will blow up soon and the other fish seem to like them they are swimming around checking each other out ... .. so far so good im knocking on my head for wood lol

Junglefishy

 

[SLO-Dean]

Good choice,
I would have suggested cories to go with the other fish in your tank.
You might also consider and algea eater like a chinese algea eater or siamese algea eater. Ghost shrimp are cheap and fun and they clean up the bottom too.

 

[Junglefishy]

Ghost shrimp they clean up the bottem hmm do they go good in fresh water i never heard of ghost shrimp.. hmmmmm
junglefishy

ps the corys are still very very happy

 

[cgoodloe]

Fish Types

Corydoras are better than plecostymus (sp?). I have a silvertip shark catfish as well and it gorges on food so the other fish have to fight him to get at food. The tank looks clean every morning even though food has gotten under the rocks.

 

[Torpedo]

Corys are good little scavengers...I like a little more color and would vote for a clown loach myself...besides, they can be real comedians at times.

 

[SLO-Dean]

I wanted a Clown Loach but was advised against it, as they get very large. And wouldn't be good fit with smaller fish.

I like the cories and now, the Otto, I just got one, what a cute little guy and what a good algea eater.
Clean those plant leaves.

 

[SoulFish]

clown loaches take a long time to get large, and even then they rarly get much over 6-8" in aquariums, when they get large they sell for alot of money so you could just trade it in for a smaller one and make some money

 

[Franky099]

so you now have 15 fish in a 10 gallon tank? Please dont add any more fish unless you get a larger tank. Also, if you get a larger tank you will be able to control your PH and other water paramaters better.

Amy

 

[silversp0rt]

seems like ur adding a fish every hour or day. lol. pretty soon you won't see the water, all you see is fish bodies. haha, get a bigger tank i think

 

[Junglefishy]

my fish are happy in the tank i have some beautiful male guppies and a 2 females i hope they eat teh babie as they are born as they keep having them more and more ... now i will amke a new post
Tks Junglefishy

 

[Junglefishy]

Just a quick update all my fish are finally happy and in a nice clean tank

and the cory's are really fat lol i have never seen a fish with a fat belly lol

JungleFishy