A Few Words On Algae Eaters

[rcmpbllsoup29]

to be honest i do not know if they specifically eat bush algae, but i do know that they will eat practically any type of plant matter, including plants that you put in your tank, so they most likely will eat it. I always throw in some veggies, sometimes zucchini (they even eat the skin), sometimes romaine lettuce, and sometimes leaves from my plants. They eat anything. Heres a giant columbian ramshorn  .

I also have 2 golden inca snails that seem to enjoy eating just about anything as much as my ramshorns. Heres a golden inca

[wendyjo]

I also agree that snails are great algea eaters.  I have olive nerites and they do an EXCELLENT job, and my spixies do a good job as well.  Yay for snails.

[bulrush]

My olive nerites also do very well at eating algae, and staying alive, even at 78F temperatures. (They actually prefer cooler 70-72F temps but they acclimated just fine to 78F.) They do lay eggs all over the place but the young never survive.

It seems that 3 olive nerites per 10g works quite well at keeping glass algae at bay.

[dadeon]

Hi Bulrush,
no CAE and SAE look very very different.
Heres 2 pics for you to compare.
The easiest way to tell the difference,
CAEs have a flat floppy sucker mouth,
the SAE do not.

SAEs (my fish ~5 inches)



CAE (not my fish, grow to 11 inches dont eat algae)

If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for them?

[Fish-Face1989]

I'm glad I read that! I was so tempted to get an algae eater. I don't think I will now. Ha ha ha!