Fish - Plant Safe Ground Feeder?

[LancsRick]

My Cardinal Tetras have an annoying habit of only eating their food when it is sinking in the tak, shunning it when it's on the surface. As a result, despite being careful not to overfeed, there's a fair few flakes accumulating on the gravel. I was intending to get something for the bottom of the tank anyways, but this means that I reckon it's now next on my list to stock up on.

I don't have a large amount of algae, or an algae problem. I don't have a snail problem.

Ideally I'd like a bottom feeding fish which won't destroy my plants. I've got 190 litres to play with.

Cheers!

 

[Tim Harrison]

Corydorus

 

[LancsRick]

Thank Troi, any recommendations within the genus of specific fish?

 

[Tim Harrison]

Take your pick they are all good, just a question of what takes you fancy really. Most are better kept in a small shoal though.

 

[dean]

theres loads to choose from in the corydoras family but it all depends on the size you want theres pygmy ones at about 7mm to large ones of 75mm
theres also synodontis but these in general tend to be large and the smaller species are hard to come by
then thres the Botias (loaches) they come in all size and colours and will eat any snails as well any shrimp
and then theres srimps
Try pier aquatics in wigan or go back to aqualife

 

[Aqua sobriquet]

Corydoras are nice fish and real characters just make sure to buy at least three or four, preferably half a dozen if you can. I've seen some lovely Sterba's in the shops recently:

http://www.seriouslyfish.com/profile.ph ... terbai#top

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
My suggestion would be Corydoras panda, they are easy to breed, don't get too big and are not too expensive to buy. I'd try and buy a big group of juveniles from a breeder. You could easily have 20 or more in your tank without any problem.

<http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=267>

cheers Darrel

 

[dean]

Lancsrick
Do you belong to a fish club?
I'm thinking of going to a meeting of Preston and district aquatic society it's on the first Tuesday of the month in leyland
I attended their auction recently and the species of fish that went through was brilliant and all bred by its members
A lot of plants also went through, not the common stuff either

 

[LancsRick]

Funny you should mention that Dean, I was checking out their site last night, and was a bit gutted to realise that I'd just missed their auction! I might well drop over to check it out at some point, although I know what I can be like with getting into old hobbies or starting new ones in terms of trying to do too much too fast! I'll end up with a house full of tanks in a few months and then get bored! I'm my own worst enemy .

Short answer - I'm not a member, yes I'm thinking about going along!

 

[dean]

How long you been a fish keeper lancsRick?
I started at 12 so 6 years ago
Or is it 9 years now

 

[Ady34]

i like Khuli loaches, theyre great scavangers and watching out for them is part of the fun!

 

[roadmaster]

My Cardinal Tetras have an annoying habit of only eating their food when it is sinking in the tak, shunning it when it's on the surface. As a result, despite being careful not to overfeed, there's a fair few flakes accumulating on the gravel. I was intending to get something for the bottom of the tank anyways, but this means that I reckon it's now next on my list to stock up on.

I don't have a large amount of algae, or an algae problem. I don't have a snail problem.

Ideally I'd like a bottom feeding fish which won't destroy my plants. I've got 190 litres to play with.

Cheers!

LDA25 Plecos would get my vote or Amano shrimp.