Algae Eating Fish?

[silentspidey]

Im looking for a fish for my 20 gallon to get help with algae.
I have 3 oto cats and they seem not to last long. All my other fish in there are fine but oto cats just kick it after 2 months. Its like there eating themselves to death....lol Whats another alterantive?
Thanks in advance

-Spidey

[mahoro]

what else is in the tank.. oto are the best fish for algea... if they kick the bucket that means they starve to death... did you feed them any food at all?

[mark razmandi]

x2

you can also get most types of plecos...most are pretty hardy

[Mzungu]

Bristlenose plecos are awesome, and REALLY hard workers. :)

[wesleydnunder]

For that size tank, I'd put a half dozen or so nerite snails in it. They live up to five years, so I've read and are great at eating algae.

Mark

[cichlid1409]

Bristlenose plecos are awesome, and REALLY hard workers. :)

+1 and they don't get too large like your common plecos

[dustin]

Nerite snails are good, you can also add pleco's . I sell all of the above. feel free to come check them out.

[TheOldMan]

What type of algae you got might determine what you need?

[silentspidey]

if they kick the bucket that means they starve to death... did you feed them any food at all?

haha well i didnt feed them ****. i saw algae and i was like " ahhh my cats have a buffet!"

so idk. there bellys looked full.

What type of algae you got might determine what you need?

well honestly idk.
its brown and just hey and there all on my plants not too much where its out of control. but enough to not want it there. Im gonna try and take a fish.

Stock
i have one Butterfly Goodeid but its a tiny thing. the cardinals are bigger than him. 5 Cardinal Tetras and 2 Odessa barbs.
how big does that bushynose pleco get?

[silentspidey]

looks like this. This is on my Ozelot sword. It rubs off very easily.

[kwc1974]

O-cats
Amano Shrimp
Nerite snails
Red Neon Goby
Bristle nose pleco
Amecas Splendis
Mollys

and the list goes on and on

For what you have in the pic I would get o-cats and nerite snails.

[silentspidey]

How many should i have in the tank? should i throw an algae disc in every now and then?

[TheOldMan]

A bristlenosed cat should keep that kind of algae under control.

[Nickintex]

Doctor Fish, Garra rufa and others work great.

[danielp]

[QUOTE][Mollys[QUOTE]

Molly's are goof for algae control? Interesting never heard that one.