Ranking The BEST Algae Eaters

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

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[@DEXTER-TV-series]

Good information, but this musical noise for 20 minutes (!) - do you really think it's enjoyable to listen to?

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

@ I don’t get many comments about music - but I have gotten more for not having it 🤷‍♂️

[@DEXTER-TV-series]

@@AquariumStoreDepot Do people want music or are they grateful that there is none?

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

@@DEXTER-TV-series I’ve gotten comments that it was too loud before so I tuned it down. Also gotten others to include it because they didn’t like hearing only the voice over

[@siberianhusky8005]

These algae eaters are looking nice for many fishkeepers to own. Horned Nerite Snail is known for its ability to control the amount of algae in an aquarium. We have to always pay attention to the water conditions. Thank you so much for doing this video.

[@OmarM]

horned snails are awesome I wish we can get more of them here. I owned two lost one when it escaped lol

[@twoface9959]

Agreed. Horned Nerite Snails are pretty overpowered as long as you don’t get the females mixed in with males. Panda Garras and Reticulated(not the normal) Siamese Algae Eaters are pretty damn good as well. I have all three with Amanos and a couple of Otocinculus. 😂

[@JonRusso_783]

I ordered 3 horned nerite and put one with my blue velvet snail within two days, he was dead and none of my snails were. My other two snails are doing great

[@AmericaLussa]

I really appreciate the way you categorized the top algae eaters for aquariums. The tier system is incredibly useful for selecting the best ones for my tank. Thanks for the thorough information!

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Glad it was helpful!

[@missingseo]

just came across your account. i love your content style and how you speak, very fast, and dont repeat the same words for every species on your tier list. much respect and cant wait to binge your channel!

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Thank you 😊. The tier lists are new and I’m going to go a lot going forward. My viewership loves them 😁

[@asuperera]

I appreciate how you explained the top algae eaters for aquariums. The tier system made choosing the right ones easy!

[@Pororo22661]

Each of your content does provide a thorough knowledge of how to care for fish in aquariums, I as a beginner feel lucky so far to have followed you.😅

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Great to hear!

[@Synt-gv6de]

Great video! I love how you broke down the pros and cons of each algae eater. Your insights on their care requirements really help beginners choose the right one for their tanks. Can't wait to implement some of your tips!

[@brockdalton8809]

One species I have to add are platys. In my experience, platys have been exceptional algae eaters. The first fish I added to my 55 gallon aquarium were 3 platys, and within 24 hours the tank was absolutely spotless. I have 6 or 7 platys in there now and have never dealt with any algae issues. All they do all day is peck at anything they can find. Love them.

[@adriancontpub]

I love how you broke down the best algae eaters for aquariums. The tier system is super helpful for choosing the right ones for my tank. Thanks for the detailed insights

[@KBWCN]

Awesome ranking! This really helped me figure out the best algae eater for my tank. Great breakdown of each option!

[@VibeVoyager123]

Fantastic content! This ranking of algae eaters is incredibly useful. I feel more confident in my choices now. Thank you!

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Of course 😊

[@TessaGrey9]

This video helped me discover the best algae eaters for aquariums. Super helpful for tank maintenance!

[@benjaminsutedjo]

I loved learning about all the different algae eaters. Now I know exactly which ones to get for my tank to keep it clean and healthy. Thanks!

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

This channel kicks ass. Idk how old it is but I bets it's gonna grow a lot.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

I’ve been at it for a year now. This was my first tier list. I did another recently and making another in production 😊

[@sasmithaperera4611]

Thanks for sharing the awesome video on the best algae eaters! I really enjoyed it. Great content and very informative!

[@UththaraKawina-sm9dl]

Awesome video! This is super helpful for keeping algae under control. Definitely going to try adding some of these to my tank!💙

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Belal-Ahmed74]

Great video! It's really helpful to see the comparison of different algae eaters. This will make it easier to choose the best one for my aquarium🐟🐟

[@harshanakumara4067]

Absolutely Fantastic Video information... Very Simple Explanation!! I appreciate you talking about this idea. Thanks for providing this extremely valuable and instructive video. This channel always gives us the best programs. I am looking forward to such an important program.

[@GhaniIbra-ou3bu]

Great recommendation! So I can choose the most effective algae for my aquarium.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Nice 👍

[@RebekaSultana-tn1sm]

The video about Algae is very useful and explains very well

[@ShivaRadhe1818]

Amazing video I would love to watch more videos like this I hope you keep uploading them too

[@RoniIslam-yx7kg]

I think this is a really interesting video. This video is a really informative and helpful for us. Thank you so much.

[@LaylaAhmed-g6w]

Excellent video, thank you very much for this information I hope you download more of these videos that contain this huge amount of information. Keep going.❤

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

More to come!

[@FranciscoAtelier]

This was an amazing video, I felt and learned something unknown, thanks for sharing ❤️

[@luizaol9212]

Great video about the Best Algae Eaters, thanks for sharing this interesting video, I really liked it. Excellent content.

[@markfranklin8831]

Great video and awesome choices for the algae problems. Thanks for sharing

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Of course 😊. Thank you for watching and commenting

[@SuperBoppy]

Years ago I fishless cycled a tank (with ammonia) and when the cycle was complete, about 3 weeks later, I had a ton of hair algae throughout the tank. I purchase a few platys and put them in the tank. They drilled through that algae like it was cotton candy. It was a riot to watch them eat it. Within a day or two, they gobbled it all up, and I never saw it in my tank after that.

[@BishalShah33699]

Best video I have seen today learned a lot from it and it was really entertaining too..

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

thanks :). I try my best

[@somethingsfishy7662]

The Panda Garra is amazing. I just introduced two to my tank recently and cleaned up the algae on the glass in a short time. They are very entertaining as they are very energetic. Plus, they only cost me $2.50 each. Cheap entertainment.

[@mikefisher4834]

I always hear people say Chinese algae eaters get aggressive and stop eating algae but I had one for years in a 55 gallon and I had people asking if my tank just got cleaned when it hadn’t been cleaned in three years and it was never aggressive towards any of my other fish🤔

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Every fish has a different personality. You likely got an outlier or just have bigger tank mates it doesn’t want to mess with

[@mnurfajri4999]

​True i second this ❤​ fish got different personality just like us human @@AquariumStoreDepot

[@benarmstrong3768]

I have a farowella stick catfish in my 35 gallon tall tank and he keeps it pretty spotless love him for how unique he is also have Cory’s for back up cleaning

[@mynewstartupsss]

Woah Unbelievable this video is Really educational I loved it

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Thanks :)

[@Taash3777]

This was extremely helpful

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Happy to help 😊

[@janemarriott3389]

Lots of great info. Thanks

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

You bet!

[@SouthPoleAntarctica]

i had the blackbeard algae growing on the bamboo shrimp... for some time. the strong filter was the problem.

[@theviolentone]

i see some aquaticplants farm in southeastasia using gammarus for control hair algae..& also some using tadpole for control algae

[@alletechniek]

Thx for the video, very helpfull to me!

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

No problem! I’m glad it helped 😊

[@RRkendua]

Wow really amazing explained, thanks

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

My pleasure

[@KumaKumari-90]

Woo really amazing ❤and beautiful video

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@OmarM]

So true regarding common pleco. I got one when I first started out thinking it was bristle nose pleco. after 1 year in the tank that baby started growing crazy and some fish here and there go missing. the biggest issue I had with it is the amount of waste that fish lays made my planted tank looking ugly as hell. full of algae and later one developed cyanobacteria which made me tear the whole amazing setup I had in it.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Thanks for sharing. They are poop factories when they get large 😆

[@paulmiller7838]

My Cherry Barbs eat just as much alge as the Mollies do. Neither are going to keep any blooms under control but between them and the brislenose pleco I really don't have have any problem.

[@SujoyMondol-xl7nd]

this is really good video thank you for this sharing

[@HaraldRiezinger]

Scuds are the less known , but maybe the best algae eaters of all !!

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

They are great as part of microfauna. You are right totally forgot. They are usually part of the life in products I recommended before like Phillips Fish Works Bag of Bugs.

[@BackyardBlacksmithing]

Maybe a little too good! They can begin to chow down on live plants sometimes and will outcompete any shrimp you got. Ugly, but can definitely help for tank maintenance and free live food.

[@erikm8372]

Honestly, I’d be giving ghost shrimp a D or F, at least for the category of algae-eating… because they won’t eat it! 😂 They’re not Neocaridina shrimp. As you said, they’re definitely good at being organic and food waste janitors…and of course they’ll feast on any algae wafers, and they love to eat any fresh or blanched vegetables that you want to add in. At times, I’ve seen that they’ll dominate a cucumber/zucchini slice, green bean or piece of lettuce and not let ANY fish near it! But that being said, they will eat fresh veggies but not any developed, or built-up algal growth or film. They just don’t care about it. Lol.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Thanks for your comment. You bring up a good point that there are definetly F tier shrimp and ghost shrimp could be argued for that.

[@whitewolf5886]

panda garra specs, are wrong, right? its anything but garra flavatra. tell me if im wrong please.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

You are correct - pulled the wrong stats: Temperature: 71.6° - 80.6° F (22° - 27° C) pH: 6.5 - 7.5 KH: 6 - 10 dKH Minimum tank size: 30 gallons for a small group I’ll add it to the sticky - thank you for catching

[@SourWolf085]

The blue neon goby is a good algae eater to add along with other algae eaters

[@TimYerry76]

Good video ❤

[@AnyhowJust]

The video about real animals is great

[@KendyNhim]

How about put seed shrimp in the tank?

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

I would called these microfauna. You can get these from a bag of bugs product from Phillip’s Fishworks

[@rajacichlid251]

I keep chinese algae eater in my cichlid tanks and ponds and they are great at doing their job and always keep in check by the aggressiveness of cichlids

[@trilliance]

what are the tiny white fish?

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Not sure which are you referring to. Do you have a timestamp?

[@trilliance]

@@AquariumStoreDepot they're in there a couple of times. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZDIpJdmgrykgZI

[@jfboisvert9624]

Panda garra goby adult size 1-2 cm ??

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Typo it’s more like 2-3 inches

[@jfboisvert9624]

@ sad.. they would have been perfect for my nano fish tank

[@Organic_Body_Transformer]

I would put nerite snails into F tier because the white eggs they lay everywhere are more of an eyesore than the algae.

[@SajibKundu-d3y]

Good video

[@MatthewFTabor]

I have a 120x60x60cm tank that I deliberately placed near a window on the sunny side of my apartment to maximize algae growth and after nearly a month, I still had no algae at all, minus a few crevices that were too small for any fish to enter. I finally had the idea to remove my solitary adult Chinese Algae Eater and the difference was like night and night. My tank exploded with algae in just over a week, to the point that I now have to manually scrape algae from the front pane about once per week. For the past several months, that Chinese algae eater has been living in a 150cm aquarium and I have never found algae in it. I definitely don't think F tier is justified.

[@histonite8172]

Had 1 of these and it became very hostile toward my angel fish and even ended up killing 1 so my biased opinion is f is justified

[@jackjmaheriii]

For planted tanks… For every 10 gallons, 1 Amano, 1 nerite, 1 Malaysian trumpet snail. MTS aren’t big algae eaters but they keep soil healthy. No fish for the first 4 weeks.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Great tips. Thanks for commenting 😊

[@aizahpacalna9286]

How about the loaches fish?!?

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

I thought I put the hillstream loach on it. I forgot cry

[@apurbomondol1772]

good video

[@fernedowns6652]

😅my favorite algae eaters are albino bristlenose plecos they are so pretty 😊

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

I like the yellow ones 😊

[@DEanimesDE]

Bro These comments are 99% bots 😂

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Not sure what you mean when I have ppl commenting about suggestions and others telling me Cory catfish should be A or S tier 🤷‍♂️. I have ppl outside of the US who comment and I know some people think that even though if you understand their mannerisms in text in what they write its pretty common.

[@RandomTheresa]

Should have mentioned nerite eggs....they end up everywhere and aren't easy to remove.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

You are correct that it’s a con for having them

[@sranmirkov4458]

Where would bamboo shrimp fit in?

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

C - similar to cherry shrimp

[@geet9830]

AMANO SHRIMP ON TOP 💪💪💪💪 💪💪 💪💪🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 also mystery snail should be A tier just for entertainment factor they're the silliest part of the tank

[@jobernhard4243]

My Amanos hunt snails and eat fish food rests.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Wow that’s a mean Amano 😅

[@lacrosseguy108]

my ex had a 10 gallon fish tank with a chinese algae eater and a mystery snail and some glowfish. the algae eater would beat the shit out of the snail all day. i told her to move either one to another tank and finally after months she moved the snail but didnt acclimate it and it died...

[@NotSure876]

I’ve had many algae eaters and nothing comes close to a flagtail prochilodus

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

I’ve been hearing this one - noting it for another video 😃

[@wilymcgee]

did neon goby's miss this list...?

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

They did - I can only do 30 at a time on the tierlist site 😔

[@AlpMan444]

Horned nerite is the goat of nerites because everyone else makes those disgusting white egg capsules that are impossible to open everywhere

[@jvkos1239]

Forgot the best Algae Eater of them all, if you can keep it: Tropheus. They will eat it ALLLLL! they even devour Black Brush, cyano, etc.

[@armalec5543]

Rosy barb (Pethia cochinius) will absolutely decimate GHA.

[@joahbowman]

I bought a bristlenose pleco after having bad luck with other plecos today, and it died ON THE WAY HOME

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Oh no - sorry to hear that. Did you talk to the store?

[@ashleypinkney1669]

I got a 15 gallon aquarium with two mollies, four different tetras and one otocinclus Last time I had two but one died I been having my fish scents 2023 and their still living And I want to get a 29 gallon tank but my parents be saying no because it’ll be no room

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Sorry to hear about the catfish. They usually starve themselves because ppl dont supplement feed them or dealers ship them bad since many are still wild caught. Flip aquatics does condition them

[@michaelhband]

👍👍👍

[@bryanreilly4117]

Holy bots. Whats goung on in these comments

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Well some of the commenters aren’t fluent English speakers countries. 50% of the audience is non US

[@daynajabin63]

I love otisinclus. I have 12

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Nice 😮 👍

[@jessicasinclair323]

All the nerite snails should have been classed as one species type instead of several

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Except horn nerites are better than the others

[@erikm8372]

Live plants are good, if you can cram in as many as possible. Also, injecting CO2! 😆

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

You don’t need to do CO2 if you do Walsted or FF method. Floating plant do wonders and don’t need CO2 as well. Yes some floating plants like duckweed can be nightmares 😅

[@kozmaz87]

Yeah and the siamese algae eater transforms into eating other fish's scales later in life. Good luck with that.

[@midbellman]

Florida flag fish. Great for hair and will even nibble at bba.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Omg It’s such a cute fish. Thank you for suggesting. Should like it would be a B or even A tier fish. Does it get lazy on algae as it gets older? It is territorial? Seems to prefer colder water

[@midbellman]

@AquariumStoreDepot they are very adaptable to water temps. I'm thinking either very high A tier. They are not a long live fish, so it is recommended to breed them. I thought they did get a little lazy at the end of their life, but don't we all. :-) My experience was that they were only territorial around a food supply, otherwise I did not see much aggression out of them.

[@michellebailey6511]

​@@AquariumStoreDepotI would easily call these guys A tier. I had a massive hair algae problem in my tank. Within 3 days the two flag fish I got demolished it. I now have 4 of them and pick the hair algae off the driftwood that comes out of the water and feed it to them every couple of days. They even keep my few tufts of BBA trimmed up.

[@chloro9087]

Panda garra are not gobies they’re part of the cyprinid family meaning they’re a type of barb

[@sarahpark5918]

199th like!

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Whew! 🙌. Thank you for watching and liking 😊

[@joseph-pf5fr]

You forgot the flying fox

[@WigglesAndFins]

Flying fox is a Siamese algae eater

[@joseph-pf5fr]

@WigglesAndFins are you shore that's not the siamese flying fox because there's two of them

[@WigglesAndFins]

@joseph-pf5fr i searched up flying fox fish and they are commonly known at stores as Siamese algae eaters

[@Sebecean]

Mystery snails will eat your plants.

[@CM-ds2xo]

Mine dont 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@akasual7884]

albino Gibicep is the best

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Good pleco just gets large

[@akasual7884]

@@AquariumStoreDepot this is special variant pleco L083 cant be as big as reguler pleco

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

@@akasual7884 do you have the right L number because when I look it up it says it grows to 20”

[@akasual7884]

@@AquariumStoreDepot it is correct number its says can grow that big but in my experience only 30cm long at the biggest and grow rate is abit slower compared to regular pleco. maybe it can grow that big if you boost the food bcs they will never stop eating and if you keep them in big tank like pond or megatank

[@namesbinge3073]

My Siamese Algae Eater doesn't eat the algae.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

They can get lazy as they get older :-/. They are better when younger

[@XOR-Ale]

Damn algae are my nightmare

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Hopefully this list helps

[@TharinduRodrigo991]

Too speed

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Too fast?

[@TharinduRodrigo991]

@@AquariumStoreDepot yeah.. bit

[@Chill-q3g]

I enjoy this channel so much but i have to admit its super inaccurate

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

What do you find inaccurate

[@Chill-q3g]

@AquariumStoreDepot not this vid but the eel one says the freshwater morays only need 30 galoons but the tiger moray can get 3 feet

[@Chill-q3g]

@AquariumStoreDepot sorry if I'm being rude

[@Chill-q3g]

@AquariumStoreDepot I really want one but I only have a 35 gallon

[@utubekebs]

Wth? You have a clownfish avatar but this video is freshwater? Fix your title!

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

My company logo is a clownfish 🤔. I have a saltwater Algae eaters video on the channel.

[@utubekebs]

@@AquariumStoreDepot "Ranking The BEST Algae Eaters - for Freshwater" thas all you gots to do!

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

@ ya I would do that - buuuut KZbin search Algo is really weird 🤷‍♂️