Algae Eating Fish?

[Mzungu]

[QUOTE=danielp;420292][QUOTE][Mollys

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

Mollies love to graze...but mine seem to prefer fish food. They'll graze if they're hungry, on leaves and other surfaces, but I have never depended upon them for solely algae control.

[OrandaMan]

A fat otocinclus is a happy otocinclus. I remember reading on http://www.otocinclus.com that the problems keeping an oto from dying soon after you get it stem from the fact that most lfs don't provide enough algae for them to eat. They suggest looking for nice fat ones in the tank. I've certainly fattened mine up and they seem pretty darn happy.

And I also suggest marble snails. They are one of the few known to clean up algae and leave your plants alone. My apple and mystery snails do go for my plants a bit, but I find them so beautiful and interesting that it's worth it.