Snails? Can't remember the name of the snail that can adapt Freshwater, blackish and Saltwater..

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American flagfish are great for eating fw hair algae. Have some in my discus tank & after I pulled out most of the older, tougher stuff, they have kept any new hair algae from getting reestablished.

Anthony

Ok so these Ameca spendens, I'm trying to read up on them right now, is there any special considerations for keeping them? Community tank safe? What about the American flagfish? Both fish look a little like mollies to me?

Because this is a larger tank with an overflow, even with gutter guard over the overflow, smaller fish would be at risk for sump surfing (and the overflow drains onto filter floss so they'd basically meet their end) so small minnow sized fish such as smaller raspboras and tetras will not really be in this tank anyhow.

Well in an attempt to atone for my previous posting a reply after only reading the title < hangs head in shame > I've been thinking back a few years and it seems to me that my common pleco used to munch the hair algae down pretty good. As long as it's not that black hair algae. I don't think anything eats that stuff.

Japonica (Amano) are great....they kept mine down nicely

Try flying fox...they like hair type algae.


Js

Ameca splendens are known to chace everything and be fin nippers. Thats why I got rid of mine. The American flagfish do a good job but I found that you may need to starve the tank a little to get them started.