The Best Algae Eaters for Your Aquarium!

[@jodip719]

I love all these, but a hugely underrated algae eating fish is the Molly. They are literally trash cans that eat darn near every type of algae. I had a massive hair algae outbreak while on vacation and while I removed a big chunk by hand (there was a ton), I added 4 Mollies and in 2 days, the hair algae was completely gone.

[@philipwong454]

Thank you for a very informative video and helping me feel better about having to do chores to keep my tank clean.

[@masteraquaticsjustcallmeed5115]

Hi Nick, These are all awesome suggestions for algae eaters!!! I wish I could find the whiptails that you demonstrated! Just hard to get healthy ones around here. I have all the others in the video. I also have Siamese Algae eaters in all my tanks, they do an awesome job as well! LOVE LOVE LOVE your Shrimp!!! They look amazing!!! One thing I truly adore about what you say and do is how healthy and super superb you maintain your aquarium fish/shrimp! You are so good at offering simplistic ideas and solutions to many situations! THANK YOU!

[@huftsky501]

yea i was waiting he put SAE on the list.. but is not ..

[@sharonjack8582]

I love my 4 inch Bristlenose plecos. They eat not only the algae but any dead fish that have dropped out of sight down in the plants. Amazing tank cleaners.

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

I have three bristle nose - they have got HUGE. Might have to remove them and buy much smaller ones as it's a community tank full of different fish. Trouble is catching them!!! It's a fully aquascaped tank so that will be fun - haha

[@intothefuture1.618]

Look at him all grown up!

[@bluenose3225]

Like a 80s porn star

[@brantonlightcap]

Like the stache! Horned nerite snails are by far my favorite member of the algae crew

[@ericknudson5577]

Thanks for the great video!!! I really needed this one!

[@sebastianvang7572]

As much as I love algae eaters for their capabilities, I find that a lot of them are very beautiful and I like to have them simply for the thrill of owning the fish and taking care of it 😁

[@Lambert169]

Pulled in to the shop today for a look and I think you are doing a great job oh and Sam is a great addition also 😂

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thanks mate!!

[@australianbiotopes4563]

I must of missed this one, been pretty busy, cool video Thanks for sharing.

[@jacobfawley3336]

My Otos will take repashy. Also, I think most of the sucker-mouth fish will also eat biofilm or might even prefer it. So providing a passive source of that with wood or leaves is a good idea. Makes sense that mollies are good for string algae because my platies will grab almost any type of filamentous algae.

[@mikaelajm1]

Very interesting- thanks for sharing this content, it is really helpful your insights 🙏🙌

[@MOGGEGRODA]

Have you tried breeding Ottos? would be great to have homebreed ottos! I read some breeding reports, so it seems possible, but it seems like no one has really tried in a larger scale?

[@jessicalongley4670]

Awesome video mate!, you mentioned caves for the bristle noses is there any ones you would recommend? As I have some larger nooks and gaps in the rocks and driftwood but he seems just sit behind all the plants on the back of the tank

[@MandyJane123700]

I have a few otos, and I got them to eat prepared food by getting the kind that sticks to the glass. They love Sera veggie tablets, but at first they only ate what fell off the tablets while they were stuck to the glass, then they figured out they could eat them directly. Now they fight off the snails to get them.

[@wishfulthinking7709]

Can I ask how you prepare your wood for your tank, ive gotten some from our scrub property and there are sooo many wayvto prepare it for an aquarium just wondering how you do it please

[@Andyroo-sy8rd]

What food would you say is better for Bristlenose breeding green cusine or bug buffet?

[@azlannail656]

Did you have success breeding otocinclus?or raising the fry? Want to know how? I have done it in the past...

[@afifahzulkefli]

I had a couple of hillstream loaches in my community tank before and they did okay at first, and i did my best to keep them well fed. But it was difficult with all the other nano fish in the tank, i felt like they outcompete them when feeding. Same goes for corydoras. I tried feeding them at night, i tried switching the light off and then feeding them, but i still couldn’t get them to eat much 🙁 I planned on setting up a tank just for them and keep them, maybe somewhere in the future.

[@samanthafoster5728]

great video, lovin' the moustache ! any videos on getting rid of pest snails!

[@memil371]

feed less

[@matthewheinecke2621]

Boil Cucumber slices. Cool them, drop them in the tank. Snails will get on them. Just remove the Cucumber.

[@johnnydubbsaquascaping]

I find Otto's to be very good algae eaters but they do not seem as hardy as bristlenose

[@ThePauloCIlas]

Really good video, love the moustache

[@LushSaltyAquariums]

Glad you put Mollies on your list of fave algae eaters. They are fantastic at it.

[@MollyCasey369]

I love Mollies but they are tropical aren't they?

[@zacheryolson2938]

I don't know if you can get Jordanella floridae it has a two common names American flagfish and Florida flagfish it is one of the best algae eaters I have seen just one of them took care of most of my algae in a 60 gallon mostly by itself, what I had in the tank was blanket weed, Cyanobacteria, hair algae (does not seem to eat diatoms as much even so it still does) it took this fish less then a week to clean a large tank that was looking really bad I'd highly recommend it.

[@smallears1234]

what do you recommend for a turtle tank

[@peytonhenry9039]

Wicked stache

[@sunlounger29]

Nick Lasso is back!

[@johandreef6906]

Lose the stache dude🙈

[@peytonhenry9039]

@@johandreef6906 did you come here for fish information or just to judge nicks appearance? 😭

[@johandreef6906]

Easy... I like Nick a lot. Awesome video's and a handsome guy. Nothing but respect voor Nick.

[@williammcdowell6257]

I would add that Rosey Barbs seem effective at eliminating modest amounts of BBA.

[@leonacollet4051]

How do you keep the mystery snails calcium levels up so there isnt any shell strength issues, etc.? And, how do you measure the level?

[@jodip719]

You could add cuttlebone to your tank. My water is extremely hard well water, but I found adding cuttlebone to my tanks has helped my mystery snails shells.

[@leonacollet4051]

@@jodip719 Did u soften the cuttlebone into simmering hot water beforehand?

[@jodip719]

@leonacollet4051 No, I stuck it under a rock and eventually it will stay sunk. You can absolutely boil it to make it sink.

[@leonacollet4051]

@@jodip719 Thanks Jodi for ur help.

[@jodip719]

@@leonacollet4051 no problem!

[@BrosRabehis]

What's ur thought on sayamic algae eater?

[@yashtapase3821]

I love my longfin bristlenose for that ❤ No diatom algae at all Question: why don't you add garra species like panda garra they will clean har algae Than any other fish. Just give a try

[@Jhallybrowne]

Do you have any suggestions for black beard algae? My planted tank has crashed because of it and I'm almost about to pull it apart, it's so stubborn and keeps coming back, I've tried a over a month of blackout and removed everything inside I've used hydrogen peroxide but with no luck so far 😔

[@MalAquatics]

One day you should make a video about how to get algae/green water in your fish tanks

[@brianbusch8777]

High lighting and nutrients

[@Flatty500]

I see algae as free plants, looks great covering rocks

[@mondraymondo]

yoo? hillstream loach at warm no flow tank? thanks for telling us~!

[@FireflyXOXO1]

What eats Black Beard Algae that is on my plants. I have 5 Congo Tetras

[@Ishan.patel.]

Hi Nick I know you probably wont respond but I really look up to you and your videos I would really appreciate if you give me some advice for breeding and selling fish as a 13 year old I have 3 5 gallons 2 4ft and one 15 gallon I can set up more tanks if I ask my parents.

[@Atticus_K]

Any plans to sell some Hillstream loaches on your website?

[@michaelrutkauskas9319]

Love the mustache dude

[@ABAquatics187]

the stash is back haha

[@gorpdorp]

How did you grow mustache so fast 😮

[@alexthemantisshrimp2005]

All I need is a nerite snail and a couple of amanos, they work wonders

[@ollieworth7341]

Any time i get algae its a sign i need to propagate. Any time i put pothos or philodendron cuttings in my tanks they clear the algae wonderfully, otherwise my bettas love to eat it when they get the chance, same with my guppies and danio fry ive been trying so hard to keep alive. At this rate i need another aquarium just to contain my cuttings! my propagations need to be propagated😂 ive always wanted another algae eater since my childhood pleco was.. sent to a farm by my grandmother while i was moving, but I didnt have a big enough tank for her then, and i certainly dont now with a 15-20gal and a 5gal. Hoping someday i get to own a chunky pleco again, i miss hand feeding my giant girly

[@deerslayer2424]

I have 4500 gal koi pond what is a good algea eater and how many

[@Smalltimetanks]

Undercover fish keeping ha ha joking iam getting that darn black beard alge ! I need more some nitrite snails seems they are key !

[@pawsitiveinstincts837]

I've found my Oto's love algae wafers and cooked zucchini to supplement their diet.

[@azza7717]

How many litres are your tanks?

[@fish_EB]

Protection?

[@05cinnamon786]

Can someone please explain to me why a betta fish is $80? A really nice betta fish here in the UK they go for £20 or less.

[@YasminWeaver]

Totally depends on the type of betta, and the desirability of the colour. Cheap bettas here in Aus are 12 to 25 from most petshops, usually crowntails and veiltails in more common colours, sometimes deltas and halfmoons and some more unusual colours, but they edge up from there. But from specialised breeders they tend to cost more, then add to that if they're desirable colours (galaxy, koi, marble, avatar, etc). It's annoying, but that just seems to be the norm in my experience, and just seems to based in a combination of demand for a certain type, plus how hard it is to achieve that type/how many might come from one spwan. My cheapest betta cost me 12 (a red crowntail), my most expensive was 78 (a giant plakat male), and my middle of the road boy was 55 (a dumbo plakat). The rest of mine have generally been under 30.

[@elune43749]

I've seen some koi plakats going for $50 here in the US so with Australia prices this doesnt seem too far off

[@borismorder4271]

Yo we both growing a moe 😂😅 is this what happens to young guys starting this as a hobby? Looks slick though keep rocking it!

[@elvinsworld11]

Lovely

[@elune43749]

My algae fix is adding 50-100 neocaridina to a tank 😂

[@Simply4Aquatics]

Did you know you have two different hillstream species in you tank.

[@huftsky501]

where is the SAE

[@AnthonyDeanChannel]

I enjoyed ur video xD

[@IbrahimAbid-uj7xl]

These guys are fast as hell

[@brianbusch8777]

I have mystery snails that have actually ate black beard algae

[@weasel9062]

Its a bad thing when its covering my plant leaves trying to choke them out of light.

[@Mr.Masterfaaz]

I just clicked on this vidio and untill i found out the likes on this video were going higher and i got to know that this was posted 7 min ago and borther i need help as i was shifting to another contry and i have 2.5 week old molly frys and 2 bettas and i dont want to sell them so like any advice i could do ?

[@SkymcIr]

In my opinion , snail are better at eating algae , like black nerite snail, tiger and zebra snail, specially tiger are so good at cleaning everything, black nerites prefer to eat brown algae over green ones

[@ethanthao2831]

Why haven't you ever tried breeding crayfish or goldfish?

[@limezy1374]

because its not very profitable, and quite boring

[@elune43749]

nobody wants crayfish, goldfish breeding requires insane amounts of space, tons of maintenance, and they die and get sick way more often than other fish.

[@akeelkhaliq1]

I like this small catfish. 😅

[@ericb4492]

Your ottos are $20 Australian???? Damn! They are $7 here in Canada!

[@laujack24]

australian market got one of the most out rages pricing in the hobby when it comes to fish, they charge 40 bucks for 1 pair of nano rainbow fish. ridiculously over price. lol

[@ericb4492]

​@@laujack24 oh totally! He mentioned in his fucara rainbow vid that they got for $60 a pair. Here they are $7 each. No wonder he can make a living selling fish!

[@Bronsomble]

another worthy for the list is the "siamese algae eater" once they settle in they get going to work!

[@dzonz4274]

No sae mention?

[@DoubleUBAS]

Sorry, but it is a misconception that the Hillstream Loaches are algae eaters. They prefer biofilm over algae.

[@albino658]

(These are all fish he sells or uses in the breeding room - it’s no coincidence that the Hillstreams are available on the online store again - and he has a new algae wafer alternative food - this video is an ad)

[@DoubleUBAS]

@@albino658 Almost all shops sell Sewellia as algae-eaters so he goes with the flow 🙂

[@albino658]

@@DoubleUBAS Funnily enough I went to KFS for Hillstreams in September where they were sold to me as biofilm eaters. But they’ve been off the site since March or April I think due to stock. This vid definitely was a soft promo that they’re back, and selling them as algae eaters ensures the lowest common denominator of customers will show interest in them, not just niche collectors.

[@rilly69]

It’s same with shrimp isn’t it they ‘prefer’ biofilm over algae

[@Cyprin86]

Indeee i had that Fishes and never cleaned the glass. Best glass cleaners are neritine, best algae eaters fron the planta planorbarius and others snails

[@platiusmango7075]

Yea.. same problem. Pleco's too big and rough on plants, Chinese too aggressive, snails too invasive, and the good fish are too rare. If I raise my light enough to keep plants alive, I get algae all over the place. Otocinclus seem good, but here at least, in SW USA, they seem to be impossible to get. The ones I have gotten seem to die easy.

[@thekaduu]

Why do you have two caterpillars above your upper lip? Is it April 1st in Down Under? I have so many questions :P

[@bluenose3225]

S.A.E Siamesse algae eaters Are the king an queen of eating algae

[@sommerrosebud3965]

Mustache goes crazy

[@pannobhasa]

Why no Siamese algae eaters?

[@Halpennp]

had a couple of ottos, and both jumped out! :(

[@katesmiles4208]

I bought what i was told was a pleco. It turned out it was a golden catfish. Lolol I adore it, but it's not really interested in algae.

[@gregorynull5630]

I don't keep my algae eating fish to clean the algae! That's my job, I keep my algae eating fish because & I love them, & the amount of algae they eat is not important to me.

[@traceyparker3248]

Lose the tache mate 👍👍

[@philipgod96]

😍😍

[@judyallinson1281]

❤

[@dixsigns1717]

Idaho, United States of America

[@al20o33]

groucho marx

[@okief.miskogee3946]

Let it grow! The stash not the algae

[@juanitahamilton9523]

👍👍✨⭐💕

[@klonkie64]

you should wipe the vegemite of the top lip before filming, haha. thanks for the info

[@Dillonpickle]

This vid needed a mo warning 😄

[@saltygreek3870]

The mustach 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheJoshScape]

Algee is American we say Algae (Al-Gae)

[@AxomasYT]

Hey Nick! I was wondering if you want some pure platinum guppies, I would love to sell some to you. If you want them I would love to come to your store and negotiate a price. I probably have 10-12 guppy fry up for sale. I could even give you a few for free (5-ish) I just really want you to have some, because they are very beautiful and vibrant. Thank you - Axomas (name is anonymous online)

[@FishMatea]

Top 1🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬

[@FishMatea]

@Egyaquatic

[@Raymond.Butler]

No offence dude, but it's like my little brother just showed up with a lip caterpillar. Looks good.

[@kevinnixon910]

🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@laujack24]

most algae eater r over rate and only good vs easy algae type. the one thats really difficult to remove like spotted algae, black beard algae and green water those will not work on most of what u suggested. nerite snail is the only algae eater I would buy as they dont reproduce and actually can removed easy algae like diatom to tough algae like spotted algae. rest r kind of meh, specially the pleco species. they produce too much waste and after a while when they fully grow up simply dont eat algae no more and enjoy fish food instead.

[@gypsy-rew]

USA

[@scorpioholic777]

Otocinclus is too fragile

[@mikenowack6658]

loose the stache

[@justinread4381]

Oh dude, what the hell is that on your lip ? Lose it, fast lmao

[@elune43749]

who are you to tell him what to do with his personal appearance 😂