Marcel Beaudoin wrote in message ...
"NetMax" wrote in news:MXwhc.15403$CO3.846589
@news20.bellglobal.com:

Otocinclus and, ramshorn or nerita snails are some options. I usually
still clean the front glass, and the algae crew is for elsewhere.

Well, I now have three small Otto Cats working on keepin' the glass clean.
I also have a piece of driftwood in there. Luckily, it doesn't seem to be
leaching color. Perhaps due to 1 hour of boiling and 2 hours soaking???

Well. To update. The otto cats seem to have integrated nicely. Still
no discoloration of the water. Also, nothing changed (pH, nitrate
(ite), hardness, or buffering) between 11pm last night and this
morning. Well, one thing changed. My 3 bloodfin tetras plus the other
tatra (which is more orangish, not whitish as in my previous post)
have started swimming together more.

Marcel