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@corydora28946 ай бұрын
Panda Garras are amazing! They eat algae, are small, colorful, active, personable, and peaceful.
@TheNathansblog6 ай бұрын
Garra rufas also have great personality though a blander color. Mine were a little too active for my gourami though.
@laurabustos65606 ай бұрын
Would love to see a vid similar to this but with alternatives that would work in smaller tanks. Very interesting and great info including adult sizes. ✌️
@audrameyer95586 ай бұрын
Great list!! I love Panda Garra and Flying Foxes 😍
@shibibi14 ай бұрын
I do like gobies. Though I'm mostly partial to the mud skipper gobies. Paludariums are fun to set up and view. I like red tail sharks, I really do! But I cannot be bothered with the aggression issues. I like having a few bottom dwellers ant that's too hard with red tails
@AquaticMoose6 ай бұрын
Very cool topic! Algae eaters are great and I haven't seen too many videos of alternative options. Well done
@twoface99596 ай бұрын
In my experience of keeping Reticulated SAEs so far, they are definitely a joy to watch and are ALWAYS searching for food/algae. I have two juveniles and they have been doing an amazing job keeping the algae under control and this is while I’m increasing my light intensity. I also have 3 Amano shrimp as well. My LFS also the same about the Reticulated being better algae eaters than the regular ones. I wish I could get a Panda Garra from my LFS, but they never seem to have them available, and it’s been months unfortunately. Additionally, I wasn’t aware of how Garra species there are.
@nini666766 ай бұрын
Such a good video! I'm done cycling my new tank so this was very informative!! As a suggestion, I would love to see a video on how you hatch your corydoras eggs! Everyone do something a lil different so I would to see what you do!!
@englishtime53276 ай бұрын
Totally agree with everything. The only thing I would say is that gobies are short lived. The longest I have kept them is two years
@LushSaltyAquariums6 ай бұрын
Interesting... I always thought Flying Fox were crummy algae eaters and to avoid them - not so?
@shawnal64126 ай бұрын
Red tailed sharks get too big eventually, so it's best not to sell them to people with smaller tanks. I wish people would quit trying to sell them to new fish owners. Many end up needing to be rehomed and some dumb people throw them in a lake since no one will take them after they are really massive. You can check on youtube how big they get. It's it's inhumane to keep them in a 40 gallon tank when they are full grown. It's not enough room.
@Tampa_tom6 ай бұрын
The first one is called black racer nerite snail where I get them. They are my favorite of the nerites. They will submarine under the gravel and disappear for a few days. Smarter then other nerites also, they never get stuck in a filter or upside down. Idk how they know but it’s never happened with them.
@realangiechrist6 ай бұрын
Do you know if the females leave the white egg sacks everywhere like with other nerites? I've got one I bought at Petsmart and it doesn't do that, so curious if I got a male or just a variety that doesn't make a mess?
@Tampa_tom6 ай бұрын
@@realangiechrist I don’t know they are mixed in with other types that do leave white eggs. I have noticed if there is a piece of wood in the tank they will prefer to lay eggs there and not on the tank sides
@stevenbisset87176 ай бұрын
they garras are something else
@cathyhendrix75526 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this content. I have been looking for alternatives for getting rid of my algae problem for so long now. It's a short, black algae that even overtakes my plants. I thought at first that it was BBA but it never grew long, flowing "hair". It's just short like a buzz haircut. IDK 🤷♂️ 🤷♀️
@SteenfottAquatics6 ай бұрын
That is bba, doesn’t get longer than an inch. It’s also the least eaten algae 🙃😟.
@realangiechrist6 ай бұрын
I have the same thing. I had an SAE that did a good job, but it jumped out and now it's all grown back. Looking for another or similar. CO2 booster also helps to get it under control.
@dougmate23786 ай бұрын
I did not know about 3/4 of these algae eaters. Can you buy online and ship nationwide?