You can get rid of duckweed by removing as much as you can, and then run an air stone to agitate the surface of the water, which should get rid of any strays. Duckweed must have still water to thrive.
I have the "Australian attempting biocontrontrol through introducing species" approach. I let a clutch of mystery snail eggs hatch, and underfed slightly. The snails will hoover down all the duckweed, and if I'm not careful, will start chewing on frogbit roots. Mind-blowing, really, just how much mystery snails will eat. But that's trading a too many weeds problem for a gorillion hungry mouths to feed problem.
The other problem with Amano shrimp is that they are aggressive to other shrimp . I like that you confronted the problem with these two species and got real with the problem of owning them instead of hyping them up.
I'm a newbie here, but I'm curious if the tank is big enough, do the different species take their own corner of the tank? Or will the Amano terrorize the whole tank if they're hungry and feeling in the mood to throw fisticuffs?
love these different dives into the algae world these past couple vids. i have a 10 gal betta tank that houses a small handful of ottos, and the success i've had with that tank is the low nutrients. its planted, with very little soil so i end up supplementing their diet from algae I harvest from my 20 gal goldfish tank. ill scrape that tank every week and dry what i collect, and feed the following week. really what this whole thing boils down too is food management. it's so hard to generalize a best option when there's soooo many different variables.
I have kept every type of Algae eater in my 40 years in the hobby. Reticulated algae eaters are by far the best. Keep eating algae even as an adult. A big plus is they just keep getting prettier as they get bigger!
Have one large, lazy Siamese algae eater. He did such a great job eating algae when he was younger. I still like him though. My daughter thinks he looks like a baby shark. Probably won’t ever get more but I’ll take care of him as long as he lives.❤
I recently found out in an old aquarium i have laying around that some Amano's were still in there.. (still a layer of water in it and gravel) wile at the time it was completely a dead aquarium. They very small but a rescue operation is ongoing atm. Until then they have to sit for a couple of days more. But for over a year i havent done anything on the tank, and the water vaporized to what it is now.. couple of cm. Was quite a surprise when i spotted them :P
The best algae eating fish (which doesn't get too big) is the hillstream loach. Most people think you have to have a flow in the tank to keep them, but that's not true. They can also thrive in water that is warmer than most people think. They will work fine in most community tank, unless you're the kind of person who likes to keep their tank at around 90 degrees.
They need a really well oxygenated tank, because of their evolution in their natural habitat. Their gills are smaller than the rest of the fish, and high flow is necessary to provide efficient oxygen. And they are not the best algae eaters, This is a misconception, they are unable to tackle lots of algae, and they mainly survive off the microorganism of the algae.
I mean I have one in a 20 gallon tank and I personally don’t think it’s doing a great job. Yes I know that it’s only one instead of 2/3 but even at the spot it normally hangs around it hasn’t done much in comparison to the one snail I have in my tank
American Flagfish eat Blackbeard algae. Plus they are nice fish in the tank. I had an outbreak of Blackbeard in my big tank that has been up and running for years. I tried all the “cures” and the 3% Hydrogen Peroxide worked ok, but I still had Blackbeard algae that would takeover if I didn’t constantly work on it. As I was doing more research on how to get rid of Blackbeard algae, I found the American Flagfish. Thankfully my local fish shop had some. They cleared out the tank of the Blackbeard in about a week. I even had some on the back wall of my aquarium and it was fun to watch them cleaning that back wall. I will never have another large community tank that doesn’t have the American Flagfish.
@@onlywei how big is your tank? Is it planted? How heavily? You probably need some visual barriers in your tank. Also, don’t feed your flagfish so much. They need to be a bit hungry to eat algae. I have a heavily planted tank and I have my bottom dwellers (plecos and Cory’s), my flagfish have the middle of the tank, and my guppies have mid to upper area, so they all get along. I have lots of visual barriers in my tank with all my plants too. My flagfish have staked out their spot, but my other fish don’t encroach on it too much. I have a bunch of guppies too which makes it hard for my flagfish to chase them. I have 7 flagfish in my tank with one dominant male. If you have another fish that likes the middle part of your tank that might be why you see conflict. I also have a tall tank with lots of room at the different levels.
Well, you covered all the lore! I've heard that SAE's really do eat BBA. I keep the Reticulated version and yup they got huge but they will continue to eat algae just not as much.
Malawa Shrimp ( Caridina pareparensis parvidentata ) will eat Black Beard Algae and even Slime Algae . However , there are some drawbacks . They will out-compete any other shrimp and starve them , are very prolific and if they get hungry they can eat soft plants . The Reticulated Siamese Algae Eater is the best of the family but get lazy when they mature and prefer fish food .
My siamese algae eater is the same. It's not as industrious as it was when it was little, but his tank that's under direct sunlight never had stringy / hair algae.
In my experience, Siamese Algae eaters are one of the few fish that will destroy bearded algae. They are very peaceful and industrious when young. And you are right about when they get older, they stop eating algae and start sucking the slime coat off of the other fish.
Otos are my work horses of my aquarium. Let me get away with a brighter and longer photo period and they are constantly chunky and plants look great. Have them for all my tanks. Funny thing is, I have tried to spot feed them before with cucumber or zucchini and they just don’t care. They are happy with sitting on a leaf munching away. S tier algae fish in my book.
It's just a CO2 diffuser. Instead of the bubble per second counter, the spiral makes the bubble travel long enough so you can count how many bubbles per second and it looks kinda cool
Oh man, I laughed so hard when you ate that piece of rice cake. I bought 8 Amanos and they all jumped out, and somehow traveled quite far from my tank.
Great video. I had the same result overwintering blue myuki platinum ricefish outdoors, 6 went in, 4 survived fall/winter. I'm happy. Thinking about adding 6 more to up my chances of breeding a bunch over summer. It's a 100 gallon tub but I keep it at around 75 gallons full.
Love, love Amanos. Have had six in a 12 gallon lidless tank for months and no escapees yet. They totally transformed the tank within a week..any and all algae gone. Only problem is that target feeding for mystery snail is impossible because they snatch and run with it.
In one of my recent tank, there's a thread algae bloom. I put in 2 flying fox fish they did the job very well in cleaning up those algae. They are still in the tank, now whenever they failed to find any algae, they will eat the fish food. After some time, I have another small tank which is also full of algae, and I put these same two flying fish into that tank, they began to eat the algae. It seems to me that the algae will always be one of their diet despite eating fish food for some time.
I don't have cories, and platies, mollies and swordtails. They do a good job on all algae but the stuff that grows on the glass. What is the best algae eater for the glass algae? I don't use filters and lots of plants. My nitrates and nitrites are almost always zero. I use easy green every day.
I think bristlenose plecos (ancistrus) are the best. I keep them in all my tanks for years and I never clean the glass! I will never start an aquarium without bristlenose plecos because I have no intention of cleaning the glass myself.
My Amano shrimp breed in the same tank and I never change anything. It might be because they cross breed though with my Blue and Red shrimp I have though. Some are clear and some come out a little tint of red, blue and orange.
I've had good results with Ancistrus (AKA Bristlenose Plecos). However, they may damage some delicate plants, and they will dig, which could make a big mess in a dirted tank. Finally, it's been my experience that Ancistrus can bully Corydoras.
I watched your video adding Amano’s to the algae rich tank without a lid and wondered if they would start escaping. Looks like many did. I think I’m going to put a lid on my tank before getting some.
bro, at about 12:30 you started whispering and it cut to an ad for gardians of the galaxy where starlord starts whispering to gamora and i thought you were just editing in a meme or something and watched the ENTIRE ad
I’ve tried 50 cherry shrimp. I believe I only have a couple left. But I have half a dozen of mono Shrimp that seem to do very well. I think it really sits the ship apart from other Shrimp is the fact other size and the ability to be able to have shrimp with fish that would most likely eat small shrimp
I bought 3 ammano shrimp for my 5 gallon that has a whole lot of green hair algae. There's so many babies in there now! Can't wait until they start manking a dent in the algae. Haven't seen any outside of the tank yet though. I don't have a top on the tank. I can agree on the thought of fish causing issues perhaps. I don't have any fish in the tank atm and they are out everywhere. Before I did have fish and didn't even know there were that many shrimp babies in there. Never used any salt, just regular water changes. Nerites are my go to for cleaning up brown diatom algae. Nerites do require brackish water to reproduce, and I've never seen an eggs they lay in my freshwater tanks hatch.
Totally agree with you on the SAE. I got them when they were tiny and they cleaned up the tank. They got big fast and now they mostly feed on the food for my goldfish 😂
check out the spotted borneo loach, they are a hillstream that eats algea like nothing i have seen. I grew a stupid amount of algea in my quarantine tank so they would have food when i got them, and i thought it would easily last months and they had it spotless in a couple of days.
I wish I could have the armano shrimp, but in Australia they are ridiculously hard to find and when you do, they are $50 each! Yeah I think I will manually clean my algae for that price 😂
My outdoor pond has a sudden and huge green hair algae outburst 😩 I keep picking it out but it’s everywhere. I have a couple amaro shrimp and a bunch of dumb little snails… but they’re not getting rid of it. It’s a small container pond, maybe 20 gallons… how many should I have in there to get it all? I have four guppies in there too
Even with the down sides id still recommend both i had a bunch of different types of algae eaters in the tank and it was still full of it got 8 amanos and 3 SAE tank is clean also SAE definitely eat black beard algae but not established BBA if its established you must treat it first with liquid carbon then they will eat it
I had a big BBA problem and couldn't get rid of it, trying all the carbon, peroxide, dark, you name it. Got exactly Siamese Alge eaters, and they got rid of it literally in 3 days. Instantly, it became my favourite fish.
Yep, I had 6 SAE’s and when they were young, they destroyed my BBA problem amazingly! Unfortunately, my heater shorted out and boiled my 55g community tank with 31 fish😢 My replacement community tank has not had a BBA problem 🤞
I feel like Armano Shrimp get too big. I have just 2 and they live my 2meter x 50xm (thats 6.5x1.6 feet) tank and they are fully grown females with almost 2 inches in size - and they are very active and swim and run a lot. If you keep them in a small tank they can't really stretch their legs, get "stuck" on fine plants etc. Which can't be enjoyable for them... I see those 2 out and about regulary and just imgining having 25 or like that would look crazy. People don't seem to think about how big they get when they buy them as babies where they are just about the size of a neocaradina. Also, Armano shrimp dont go into brakish water (please dont throw your armano into brakish water, it could die! dont do that!). Instead, their babies will flow with the current into brakish water/sea to develop there and then crawl back into fresh water when they are older. They are very hard to breed, especially because the larva needs "algae" water to feed on.
I breed super red bristlenose plecos, and they're in all my tanks (6+). I never have any algae in them. The only exception I found was some black beard algae. My plecos absolutely would NOT eat that wretched stuff. I was pretty surprised. I finally just tossed out the anubias that had the evil algae on it. It wasn't worth buying more fish when I could just buy more anubias plants later on. 🧡 I love my bristlenose plecos.
Personally when it comes to algae eaters, I love farlowellas. I don't think they necessarily do an amazing job of eating algae, but they're super cool fish, and I love them for that alone!
Funny thing is I've had a lot of Siamese Algae Eater escapes and I can't think of an Amano Shrimp escape incident, but I'm sure it's happened. Biggest problem for me with SAE is definitely adulthood. The last two that never jumped took an ice storm and a week without power to finally kick the bucket.
Interesting thoughts for consideration. Will have rethink amano shrimp for my bigger tank. Probably will try 2 in my 20 gallon first. In the meantime, 100% Legit! My fish love this stuff. You should try it too!!
I had a Chinese algae eater and it was a nightmare. Harassed every fish. I brought in fancy goldfish for the winter and it was so veracious eating it actually killed one by sucking onto his side and harassing him. The only fish I had left in the tank I didn't move or died were a gang of cories. The CAE must have messed with the cory gang, because I found him dead. I can't say I wasn't happy, I never disliked a fish more. He even looked mean to me, lol. Really they are just voracious eaters as juveniles.
your Siamese algae eater is probably skittish because he is on his own - I have two (they don't seem very big to me but by the ruler they are 15 cm each) and they are very confident. Pretty fish.
I had a chinese algae eater when I was a child. I stopped buying new fish for my ten gallon tank and over the years everything died off and I stopped taking care of the tank. That algae eater lived for many years after everything else was dead. It did get pretty big.
I can confirm -Tiny SAE are awesome algae eaters and then they get big. One online retailer only sells tiny ones in packs of 8. Cool. Now I have 8 GIANT SAE. Just thinking of options here: Would they be good with the larger Cichlids? Maybe I could take them to my local club????
I will admit my Reticulated SAEs aren’t as gluttonous for algae as they were when they younger, but they still will eat algae whenever it’s present and clean my plants of algae. Another thing I notice with them is if they’re other algae cleaners like my Panda Garras searching for algae on the plants/hard decor, they will take a backseat and check those same spots sometime later. As for my Amano Shrimp, I keep them with the SAEs and Panda Garras along with bigger fish like Lake Kamaka Rainbowfish, Angelfish, and Pearl Goruamis without issue. They do love to hide though and peek outside every once in a while. I never seen them be harassed by the other inhabitants, more so they happen to be right there on a big clump of fish food and they come running. 😂😂 Side note: I have seen both Reticulated SAEs and Amano Shrimp snack on BBA.
I like siamese algae eaters they have that shark shape and get chonky when they're old. Mine did actually eat BBA when young, I don't think there is any fish who can eat healthy staghorn tho.
I agree I'm on a shrimp are so durable especially with water changes because cherry shrimp are so finicky Mine never escape but they will climb up the hob I will say my amount of shrimp are a little jerks and I call them the amano gang because they will steal food even giant wafers
Amano zoea need full marine water to develop. Ryan Chan just gave a talk about breeding Amano Shrimp at the last AGA convention 2 weeks ago. His youtube channel, Avatar Aquatics, has all the information.
I've kept amanos for years now. Fish chasing them round etc 100 percent sends them on a suicide mission. The less you intervene with the tank the less likely they are to kill themselves. My favourite story is I made a large change to my tank and about an hour later my shrimp Senses were tingling and I found my last one 3 meters across my room still barley alive. That was over a year ago now and she's still chowing my Algee to this day.
The reason the shrimp go walkabout is because in the natural environment, they leave the forest streams at night and actually feed on detritus on the forest floor.
The Rosy barb Pethia conchonius is well known for eating black hair algae when they get mature, I have used them since the 1980s for that specific job, but you should not overfeed them with ordinary fish food, Cheers from Sweden!
I do know that amano shrimp are hardy and eat hair algae but simply because they cannot breed in freshwater and i will have to buy more of them to continue having them, I personally prefer cherry shrimp, and pest snails because by having a shrimp that can breed and snails that can breed there will be barely any algae.
I have 6 Amano Shrimp and about 50 Cherry Shrimp in a 40g long. They destroy every algae I can throw at them. They even eat all my black beard algae that I bring over from my 20g long Tetra tank. I put a rock in covered in algae, and next thing you know it I have 50 shrimp eating on a rock. Going to start spreading out my shrimp among my tanks soon. Amazing animals.
I wonder how much it'd cost to get every single sticker ? I really need to know this answer. If I paid for them all at once lol I don't even know how many he/you have.
@@AQUAPROS that'd be awesome, I'm kind of a sticker snob lol I love them and want as many as possible for my sticker wall. I'm covering my walls with them in hopes to fill the entire room/fishroom. I'm currently at 17 thanks
The reticulated algae eater is the best hands down that also destroyed black hair/beard algea. But obviously nothing for smaller tanks and they dont stop at the algea. they also eat some plant types and salads.
Bristlenose pleco is better overall algae muncher than SAE as it constantly feeds on it even when fully grown, is more placid, and doesn't have tendency to explore the room outside the aquarium. SAE are best when small and in numbers. Once they are grown they just contribute to bioload...and jump...always....all the time... I lost 6+ huge adults over last 20 years to jumping, with most of them jumping out from fully covered tanks, through half inch cracks or overlaps. Pain in the back fish. Gets easily startled especially during night if you have active nocturnal roamers. It is like firecrackers when they start banging into tank walls. Otos are great...if you have 100 of them...otherwise their algae grazing contribution is, although constant, pretty much invisible. Recently, I discovered that Odesa brabs absolutely DESTROY green hair algae. I watched them do it and could not believe. 9 juveniles cleaned green hair bloom in a 30G in 2 days. Highly recommended!
Hell I have 20 g nano tanks and have two Siamese algae eaters, and just ordered one more since one died. They live with Julii, male endlers, male guppies and ember tetras! Wasn’t expecting 6 inches…that was never mentioned, and my research must have been lacking. Need some buddies for your SAE? 😂❤
HAha my siamese algeaeater did a great job at eating the algea until well .. ahm .. now he's doing a great job at being chonky :D He's a character alright :D
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Duckweed will always survive.
If there was a nuclear winter, duckweed, cockroaches, and Cher would survive. 😅
Cher ☠️
You can get rid of duckweed by removing as much as you can, and then run an air stone to agitate the surface of the water, which should get rid of any strays. Duckweed must have still water to thrive.
I have the "Australian attempting biocontrontrol through introducing species" approach.
I let a clutch of mystery snail eggs hatch, and underfed slightly. The snails will hoover down all the duckweed, and if I'm not careful, will start chewing on frogbit roots. Mind-blowing, really, just how much mystery snails will eat.
But that's trading a too many weeds problem for a gorillion hungry mouths to feed problem.
and snails
Unless you have koi, anyway. 😅
The other problem with Amano shrimp is that they are aggressive to other shrimp . I like that you confronted the problem with these two species and got real with the problem of owning them instead of hyping them up.
Amanos are definitely aggressive but love them in my tank. Just need to keep them fed properly lol
I'm a newbie here, but I'm curious if the tank is big enough, do the different species take their own corner of the tank? Or will the Amano terrorize the whole tank if they're hungry and feeling in the mood to throw fisticuffs?
@@CoreyPelletier86 if you mean will they fight with other shrimp than yes. They will pick on other shrimp and fight with other shrimp over food .
@@CoreyPelletier86 Amanos will terrorize every part of the tank lol
They attack other shrimp? Lol i can never keep mine alive. Probably abit too acidic/soft water
love these different dives into the algae world these past couple vids. i have a 10 gal betta tank that houses a small handful of ottos, and the success i've had with that tank is the low nutrients. its planted, with very little soil so i end up supplementing their diet from algae I harvest from my 20 gal goldfish tank. ill scrape that tank every week and dry what i collect, and feed the following week. really what this whole thing boils down too is food management. it's so hard to generalize a best option when there's soooo many different variables.
I have kept every type of Algae eater in my 40 years in the hobby. Reticulated algae eaters are by far the best. Keep eating algae even as an adult. A big plus is they just keep getting prettier as they get bigger!
Thanks for the experience!!!! 😎😎🫡🫡
Have one large, lazy Siamese algae eater. He did such a great job eating algae when he was younger. I still like him though. My daughter thinks he looks like a baby shark. Probably won’t ever get more but I’ll take care of him as long as he lives.❤
I recently found out in an old aquarium i have laying around that some Amano's were still in there.. (still a layer of water in it and gravel) wile at the time it was completely a dead aquarium. They very small but a rescue operation is ongoing atm. Until then they have to sit for a couple of days more. But for over a year i havent done anything on the tank, and the water vaporized to what it is now.. couple of cm.
Was quite a surprise when i spotted them :P
Lol vaporized
The best algae eating fish (which doesn't get too big) is the hillstream loach. Most people think you have to have a flow in the tank to keep them, but that's not true. They can also thrive in water that is warmer than most people think. They will work fine in most community tank, unless you're the kind of person who likes to keep their tank at around 90 degrees.
They need a really well oxygenated tank, because of their evolution in their natural habitat. Their gills are smaller than the rest of the fish, and high flow is necessary to provide efficient oxygen. And they are not the best algae eaters, This is a misconception, they are unable to tackle lots of algae, and they mainly survive off the microorganism of the algae.
I mean I have one in a 20 gallon tank and I personally don’t think it’s doing a great job. Yes I know that it’s only one instead of 2/3 but even at the spot it normally hangs around it hasn’t done much in comparison to the one snail I have in my tank
American Flagfish eat Blackbeard algae. Plus they are nice fish in the tank. I had an outbreak of Blackbeard in my big tank that has been up and running for years. I tried all the “cures” and the 3% Hydrogen Peroxide worked ok, but I still had Blackbeard algae that would takeover if I didn’t constantly work on it. As I was doing more research on how to get rid of Blackbeard algae, I found the American Flagfish. Thankfully my local fish shop had some. They cleared out the tank of the Blackbeard in about a week. I even had some on the back wall of my aquarium and it was fun to watch them cleaning that back wall. I will never have another large community tank that doesn’t have the American Flagfish.
Nice, this is good to know!
@@AQUAPROShopefully that means you'll be trying the flag fish out. Would be interested to hear your results.
I have a bunch in my 20 long. They reproduce almost as fast as my guppies.
My Flagfish don’t touch my black beard algae. They also really like chasing my other fish. Aggressive jerks.
@@onlywei how big is your tank? Is it planted? How heavily? You probably need some visual barriers in your tank. Also, don’t feed your flagfish so much. They need to be a bit hungry to eat algae. I have a heavily planted tank and I have my bottom dwellers (plecos and Cory’s), my flagfish have the middle of the tank, and my guppies have mid to upper area, so they all get along. I have lots of visual barriers in my tank with all my plants too. My flagfish have staked out their spot, but my other fish don’t encroach on it too much. I have a bunch of guppies too which makes it hard for my flagfish to chase them. I have 7 flagfish in my tank with one dominant male. If you have another fish that likes the middle part of your tank that might be why you see conflict. I also have a tall tank with lots of room at the different levels.
What's your opinion on otocinclus? They're pretty small for an algae eating fish unlike SAE
They die very easy and they don’t eat hair algae.
I put otos in my tanks that had a bad diatoms outbreak and they cleaned it up in like 4 days and it’s not come back, otos are the diatoms goat.
Well, you covered all the lore! I've heard that SAE's really do eat BBA. I keep the Reticulated version and yup they got huge but they will continue to eat algae just not as much.
Yea, my SAE have eaten most of the BBA in my tank
Malawa Shrimp ( Caridina pareparensis parvidentata ) will eat Black Beard Algae and even Slime Algae . However , there are some drawbacks . They will out-compete any other shrimp and starve them , are very prolific and if they get hungry they can eat soft plants . The Reticulated Siamese Algae Eater is the best of the family but get lazy when they mature and prefer fish food .
My siamese algae eater is the same. It's not as industrious as it was when it was little, but his tank that's under direct sunlight never had stringy / hair algae.
In my experience, Siamese Algae eaters are one of the few fish that will destroy bearded algae. They are very peaceful and industrious when young. And you are right about when they get older, they stop eating algae and start sucking the slime coat off of the other fish.
I have a Nerite (one) and 6 amano shrimp and they do just fine. Never had one escape. :)
Otos are my work horses of my aquarium. Let me get away with a brighter and longer photo period and they are constantly chunky and plants look great. Have them for all my tanks. Funny thing is, I have tried to spot feed them before with cucumber or zucchini and they just don’t care. They are happy with sitting on a leaf munching away. S tier algae fish in my book.
Same here.
Some I've found will eat food others won't if you offer. 3 of my 5 eat the veggies I add whereas the other 2 won't touch them.
0:06. what is that corkscrew aerator thing in the corner ?
It's just a CO2 diffuser. Instead of the bubble per second counter, the spiral makes the bubble travel long enough so you can count how many bubbles per second and it looks kinda cool
I have a very mature, 8yo sae.. he still eats BBA. I put wood in from other tanks for him to clean.
Oh man, I laughed so hard when you ate that piece of rice cake. I bought 8 Amanos and they all jumped out, and somehow traveled quite far from my tank.
Yea... And I love rimless tanks, so using a cover is a big no no. Which means amanos are a big no go too
I don’t run lids and have never had my amanos escape ? But I don’t have things protruding out of the surface
I like amanos. I have a few and need to hunt a couple down to put in the new tank.
niceeee ya, amanos are the goat... need to take them off my ban list hahah :) cheers buddy!
Really good video. I learned alot from this. Thankyou
Great video. I had the same result overwintering blue myuki platinum ricefish outdoors, 6 went in, 4 survived fall/winter. I'm happy. Thinking about adding 6 more to up my chances of breeding a bunch over summer. It's a 100 gallon tub but I keep it at around 75 gallons full.
Love, love Amanos. Have had six in a 12 gallon lidless tank for months and no escapees yet. They totally transformed the tank within a week..any and all algae gone. Only problem is that target feeding for mystery snail is impossible because they snatch and run with it.
In one of my recent tank, there's a thread algae bloom. I put in 2 flying fox fish they did the job very well in cleaning up those algae. They are still in the tank, now whenever they failed to find any algae, they will eat the fish food. After some time, I have another small tank which is also full of algae, and I put these same two flying fish into that tank, they began to eat the algae. It seems to me that the algae will always be one of their diet despite eating fish food for some time.
Are those trees or bushes in the tank? Some please advise
What are those shoes you’re wearing during lawn mowing, they look so comfortable
Love how when you said your SAE moved and you were panning away, he decided to pop up for the camera. Unfortunately you panned away too fast. 13:46
I don't have cories, and platies, mollies and swordtails. They do a good job on all algae but the stuff that grows on the glass. What is the best algae eater for the glass algae? I don't use filters and lots of plants. My nitrates and nitrites are almost always zero. I use easy green every day.
I think bristlenose plecos (ancistrus) are the best. I keep them in all my tanks for years and I never clean the glass! I will never start an aquarium without bristlenose plecos because I have no intention of cleaning the glass myself.
My Amano shrimp breed in the same tank and I never change anything. It might be because they cross breed though with my Blue and Red shrimp I have though. Some are clear and some come out a little tint of red, blue and orange.
Are you sure you have Amanos?
Did you ever finish your wall unit ?
I've had good results with Ancistrus (AKA Bristlenose Plecos). However, they may damage some delicate plants, and they will dig, which could make a big mess in a dirted tank. Finally, it's been my experience that Ancistrus can bully Corydoras.
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🤠😎😎😎😎 its about to be that season!
I watched your video adding Amano’s to the algae rich tank without a lid and wondered if they would start escaping. Looks like many did. I think I’m going to put a lid on my tank before getting some.
bro, at about 12:30 you started whispering and it cut to an ad for gardians of the galaxy where starlord starts whispering to gamora and i thought you were just editing in a meme or something and watched the ENTIRE ad
Thats crazy, what are the odds!
love amano shrimp my oldest is seven years old & my tank is crystal clean !
I’ve tried 50 cherry shrimp. I believe I only have a couple left.
But I have half a dozen of mono Shrimp that seem to do very well.
I think it really sits the ship apart from other Shrimp is the fact other size and the ability to be able to have shrimp with fish that would most likely eat small shrimp
Great video. And you’re so natural. It’s like a conversation. Thanks! And yes, Legit fish food is terrific! 🙌🙏
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I bought 3 ammano shrimp for my 5 gallon that has a whole lot of green hair algae. There's so many babies in there now! Can't wait until they start manking a dent in the algae. Haven't seen any outside of the tank yet though. I don't have a top on the tank. I can agree on the thought of fish causing issues perhaps. I don't have any fish in the tank atm and they are out everywhere. Before I did have fish and didn't even know there were that many shrimp babies in there. Never used any salt, just regular water changes.
Nerites are my go to for cleaning up brown diatom algae. Nerites do require brackish water to reproduce, and I've never seen an eggs they lay in my freshwater tanks hatch.
In Australia you can't get amano shrimp. North Queensland algae shrimp and mystery snails definitely eat BBA. I have seen it many times.
Totally agree with you on the SAE. I got them when they were tiny and they cleaned up the tank. They got big fast and now they mostly feed on the food for my goldfish 😂
check out the spotted borneo loach, they are a hillstream that eats algea like nothing i have seen. I grew a stupid amount of algea in my quarantine tank so they would have food when i got them, and i thought it would easily last months and they had it spotless in a couple of days.
I will!
Hey what’s a good fish to do this with in Montana
I wish I could have the armano shrimp, but in Australia they are ridiculously hard to find and when you do, they are $50 each! Yeah I think I will manually clean my algae for that price 😂
Oh geez😅 they’re 3.99 a piece or 2.99 for 4 or more at my LFS.. that’s insane pricing
Man that tank looks so matured now
Please make video on that with close up shots ❤
My outdoor pond has a sudden and huge green hair algae outburst 😩 I keep picking it out but it’s everywhere. I have a couple amaro shrimp and a bunch of dumb little snails… but they’re not getting rid of it. It’s a small container pond, maybe 20 gallons… how many should I have in there to get it all? I have four guppies in there too
Water changes to get the extra organics out will help most
What about the Otocinclus?
Is the brackish shrimplette thing true? I hadn't seen that on the other shrimp keepers I watch
Just for amanos!
@AQUAPROS okay follow up question. Does amanos refere to all caridina shrimp or just one specific kind?
Even with the down sides id still recommend both i had a bunch of different types of algae eaters in the tank and it was still full of it got 8 amanos and 3 SAE tank is clean also SAE definitely eat black beard algae but not established BBA if its established you must treat it first with liquid carbon then they will eat it
Otocinclus are pretty good algae eaters that don't get too big ..........they are readily available in the UK but not sure about the USA.....
I had a big BBA problem and couldn't get rid of it, trying all the carbon, peroxide, dark, you name it. Got exactly Siamese Alge eaters, and they got rid of it literally in 3 days. Instantly, it became my favourite fish.
Yep, I had 6 SAE’s and when they were young, they destroyed my BBA problem amazingly! Unfortunately, my heater shorted out and boiled my 55g community tank with 31 fish😢 My replacement community tank has not had a BBA problem 🤞
This is so invaluable.. I wish all fishkeeprs would address the caveats for each. I had to learn it all first hand 😂😂
I feel like Armano Shrimp get too big. I have just 2 and they live my 2meter x 50xm (thats 6.5x1.6 feet) tank and they are fully grown females with almost 2 inches in size - and they are very active and swim and run a lot. If you keep them in a small tank they can't really stretch their legs, get "stuck" on fine plants etc. Which can't be enjoyable for them... I see those 2 out and about regulary and just imgining having 25 or like that would look crazy. People don't seem to think about how big they get when they buy them as babies where they are just about the size of a neocaradina. Also, Armano shrimp dont go into brakish water (please dont throw your armano into brakish water, it could die! dont do that!). Instead, their babies will flow with the current into brakish water/sea to develop there and then crawl back into fresh water when they are older. They are very hard to breed, especially because the larva needs "algae" water to feed on.
I am new to watching this channel and l love how healthy the plants are. Do you have the plant lists?
I breed super red bristlenose plecos, and they're in all my tanks (6+). I never have any algae in them.
The only exception I found was some black beard algae. My plecos absolutely would NOT eat that wretched stuff. I was pretty surprised.
I finally just tossed out the anubias that had the evil algae on it. It wasn't worth buying more fish when I could just buy more anubias plants later on.
🧡 I love my bristlenose plecos.
We can't get amano shrimp in Australia
Personally when it comes to algae eaters, I love farlowellas. I don't think they necessarily do an amazing job of eating algae, but they're super cool fish, and I love them for that alone!
And they are pretty chill even as adults. I have three farlowella acus in my 66 tank. Two smaller females and one big male.
Strange, Amanos own show tanks were also mostly open and the shrimp did not jump out/flee the green buffet.
I have a pair of amano shrimp and they don't eat the string algae that plagues my glass. They did eat my guppies, however.
Funny thing is I've had a lot of Siamese Algae Eater escapes and I can't think of an Amano Shrimp escape incident, but I'm sure it's happened. Biggest problem for me with SAE is definitely adulthood. The last two that never jumped took an ice storm and a week without power to finally kick the bucket.
SAE definitely eat BBA. Not ideal for smaller tanks though.
Interesting thoughts for consideration. Will have rethink amano shrimp for my bigger tank. Probably will try 2 in my 20 gallon first. In the meantime, 100% Legit! My fish love this stuff. You should try it too!!
I had a Chinese algae eater and it was a nightmare. Harassed every fish. I brought in fancy goldfish for the winter and it was so veracious eating it actually killed one by sucking onto his side and harassing him. The only fish I had left in the tank I didn't move or died were a gang of cories. The CAE must have messed with the cory gang, because I found him dead. I can't say I wasn't happy, I never disliked a fish more. He even looked mean to me, lol. Really they are just voracious eaters as juveniles.
your Siamese algae eater is probably skittish because he is on his own - I have two (they don't seem very big to me but by the ruler they are 15 cm each) and they are very confident. Pretty fish.
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I had a chinese algae eater when I was a child. I stopped buying new fish for my ten gallon tank and over the years everything died off and I stopped taking care of the tank. That algae eater lived for many years after everything else was dead. It did get pretty big.
I can confirm -Tiny SAE are awesome algae eaters and then they get big. One online retailer only sells tiny ones in packs of 8. Cool. Now I have 8 GIANT SAE. Just thinking of options here: Would they be good with the larger Cichlids? Maybe I could take them to my local club????
I will admit my Reticulated SAEs aren’t as gluttonous for algae as they were when they younger, but they still will eat algae whenever it’s present and clean my plants of algae.
Another thing I notice with them is if they’re other algae cleaners like my Panda Garras searching for algae on the plants/hard decor, they will take a backseat and check those same spots sometime later.
As for my Amano Shrimp, I keep them with the SAEs and Panda Garras along with bigger fish like Lake Kamaka Rainbowfish, Angelfish, and Pearl Goruamis without issue. They do love to hide though and peek outside every once in a while. I never seen them be harassed by the other inhabitants, more so they happen to be right there on a big clump of fish food and they come running. 😂😂
Side note: I have seen both Reticulated SAEs and Amano Shrimp snack on BBA.
I like siamese algae eaters they have that shark shape and get chonky when they're old.
Mine did actually eat BBA when young, I don't think there is any fish who can eat healthy staghorn tho.
I agree I'm on a shrimp are so durable especially with water changes because cherry shrimp are so finicky
Mine never escape but they will climb up the hob
I will say my amount of shrimp are a little jerks and I call them the amano gang because they will steal food even giant wafers
Amano zoea need full marine water to develop. Ryan Chan just gave a talk about breeding Amano Shrimp at the last AGA convention 2 weeks ago. His youtube channel, Avatar Aquatics, has all the information.
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I've kept amanos for years now. Fish chasing them round etc 100 percent sends them on a suicide mission. The less you intervene with the tank the less likely they are to kill themselves. My favourite story is I made a large change to my tank and about an hour later my shrimp Senses were tingling and I found my last one 3 meters across my room still barley alive. That was over a year ago now and she's still chowing my Algee to this day.
They are great community crustation even with other shrimpies
great info as always...keep up the great vids ;)
The reason the shrimp go walkabout is because in the natural environment, they leave the forest streams at night and actually feed on detritus on the forest floor.
The Rosy barb Pethia conchonius is well known for eating black hair algae when they get mature, I have used them since the 1980s for that specific job, but you should not overfeed them with ordinary fish food, Cheers from Sweden!
I do know that amano shrimp are hardy and eat hair algae but simply because they cannot breed in freshwater and i will have to buy more of them to continue having them, I personally prefer cherry shrimp, and pest snails because by having a shrimp that can breed and snails that can breed there will be barely any algae.
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Amano also jumps in tanks
I have 6 Amano Shrimp and about 50 Cherry Shrimp in a 40g long. They destroy every algae I can throw at them. They even eat all my black beard algae that I bring over from my 20g long Tetra tank. I put a rock in covered in algae, and next thing you know it I have 50 shrimp eating on a rock. Going to start spreading out my shrimp among my tanks soon. Amazing animals.
The Siamese is sometimes a little aggressive towards other fish such as the cory
Nerite snails are banned from mine. Somehow one got in on a plant and it's been insanity
I enjoy every video 🥰
I wonder how much it'd cost to get every single sticker ? I really need to know this answer. If I paid for them all at once lol I don't even know how many he/you have.
Over 100 stickers, been meaning to make a "bucket pack" with a ton of em.... maybe ill jump on that tbis week ;)
@@AQUAPROS that'd be awesome, I'm kind of a sticker snob lol I love them and want as many as possible for my sticker wall. I'm covering my walls with them in hopes to fill the entire room/fishroom. I'm currently at 17 thanks
The reticulated algae eater is the best hands down that also destroyed black hair/beard algea. But obviously nothing for smaller tanks and they dont stop at the algea. they also eat some plant types and salads.
Great video thanks
New channel name: "I promise this isn't a rice fish video"
Otocinclus are very good algae eaters. Snails, the best algae eaters but you need enough and they can over breed depending on the species
Bristlenose pleco is better overall algae muncher than SAE as it constantly feeds on it even when fully grown, is more placid, and doesn't have tendency to explore the room outside the aquarium. SAE are best when small and in numbers. Once they are grown they just contribute to bioload...and jump...always....all the time... I lost 6+ huge adults over last 20 years to jumping, with most of them jumping out from fully covered tanks, through half inch cracks or overlaps. Pain in the back fish. Gets easily startled especially during night if you have active nocturnal roamers. It is like firecrackers when they start banging into tank walls. Otos are great...if you have 100 of them...otherwise their algae grazing contribution is, although constant, pretty much invisible. Recently, I discovered that Odesa brabs absolutely DESTROY green hair algae. I watched them do it and could not believe. 9 juveniles cleaned green hair bloom in a 30G in 2 days. Highly recommended!
Yes, they are definitly escape artist. My Amano actually gave birth. Tons of them. Of course, they did not survive.
Mine too. Would love to start a brackish water tank so I could breed some and enjoy some of the cool brackish species ❤
They do eat black beard algae after you have treated it with peroxide. They gonna love it.
Get well soon
Wasn't sure why you didn't mention bristle nose plecostomus. Most common fish I know sold to eat algae.
Amano shrimp reminds me of freshwater crawfish they eat everything but then decide I'm going for a walk on land.
Hell I have 20 g nano tanks and have two Siamese algae eaters, and just ordered one more since one died. They live with Julii, male endlers, male guppies and ember tetras! Wasn’t expecting 6 inches…that was never mentioned, and my research must have been lacking. Need some buddies for your SAE? 😂❤
HAha my siamese algeaeater did a great job at eating the algea until well .. ahm .. now he's doing a great job at being chonky :D He's a character alright :D
Siamese algae eaters, amano shrimp, and American flag fish for hair algae - SAE and Amanos also go after black beard algae
Siamese algae eater be like : I don’t wanna be in your camera. you judge me too well.
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