what fish best for substance cleaning

[Spindoctor]

What's a good equivalent of a corys and clowns for keeping the
substance fairly clean.

I used to have a couple of clowns, flying fox and an algae eater in my
main cichlid tank but they were clearly not enjoying the high ph so I
have moved them out (not so sure the algae eater was so affected but
the others definitely were).

However, the substance has already begun to get dirty (I use coral
sand on top of normal sand) and I would like to find something
suitable to put back in to help clean it up.

My ph is 8.2 in a malawi tank made up of mbuna


Cheers


Brian

[Happy'Cam'per]

You could possibly add a Tanganyikan goby or a synodontis species to the
setup. At least they'll add to bottom water movement. I would recommend
getting a good powerhead to have a nice strong current in the tank, works
wonders for ridding detritus.
--
**So long, and thanks for all the fish!**


"Spindoctor" > wrote in message
...
> What's a good equivalent of a corys and clowns for keeping the
> substance fairly clean.
>
> I used to have a couple of clowns, flying fox and an algae eater in my
> main cichlid tank but they were clearly not enjoying the high ph so I
> have moved them out (not so sure the algae eater was so affected but
> the others definitely were).
>
> However, the substance has already begun to get dirty (I use coral
> sand on top of normal sand) and I would like to find something
> suitable to put back in to help clean it up.
>
> My ph is 8.2 in a malawi tank made up of mbuna
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Brian

[Slim Shaggy]

featherfin synadontasis' do a good job too, rather expensive, but they're
from the african lakes so they're used to the high pH.

synadontis euperdus sp. i think they're called..

-ss

"Happy'Cam'per" > wrote in message
...
>
> You could possibly add a Tanganyikan goby or a synodontis species to the
> setup. At least they'll add to bottom water movement. I would recommend
> getting a good powerhead to have a nice strong current in the tank, works
> wonders for ridding detritus.
> --
> **So long, and thanks for all the fish!**
>
>
> "Spindoctor" > wrote in message
> ...
> > What's a good equivalent of a corys and clowns for keeping the
> > substance fairly clean.
> >
> > I used to have a couple of clowns, flying fox and an algae eater in my
> > main cichlid tank but they were clearly not enjoying the high ph so I
> > have moved them out (not so sure the algae eater was so affected but
> > the others definitely were).
> >
> > However, the substance has already begun to get dirty (I use coral
> > sand on top of normal sand) and I would like to find something
> > suitable to put back in to help clean it up.
> >
> > My ph is 8.2 in a malawi tank made up of mbuna
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> > Brian
>
>

[Paul]

Slim Shaggy wrote in message ...
>featherfin synadontasis' do a good job too, rather expensive, but they're
>from the african lakes so they're used to the high pH.
>
>synadontis euperdus sp. i think they're called..
>
>-ss
>
>"Happy'Cam'per" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> You could possibly add a Tanganyikan goby or a synodontis species to the
>> setup. At least they'll add to bottom water movement. I would recommend
>> getting a good powerhead to have a nice strong current in the tank, works
>> wonders for ridding detritus.
>> --
>> **So long, and thanks for all the fish!**
>>
>>
>> "Spindoctor" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > What's a good equivalent of a corys and clowns for keeping the
>> > substance fairly clean.
>> >
>> > I used to have a couple of clowns, flying fox and an algae eater in my
>> > main cichlid tank but they were clearly not enjoying the high ph so I
>> > have moved them out (not so sure the algae eater was so affected but
>> > the others definitely were).
>> >
>> > However, the substance has already begun to get dirty (I use coral
>> > sand on top of normal sand) and I would like to find something
>> > suitable to put back in to help clean it up.
>> >
>> > My ph is 8.2 in a malawi tank made up of mbuna
>> >

yeah I have a little eupterus catfish.. he's pretty cool, I don't see him
much, but he's grown 1.5x in 2 weeks!!


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