I have an Oscar fish and some feeder guppy's in my 30gal fish tank what would be a good clean up crew to buy?

Question

i change 20% of water twice a week but i dont have a syphone whats some good small cleaning type fish or snails or crabs or whatever that would eat alage and kinda groom gravel, i wouldnt mind making my tank brackish so thats not a problem (unless Oscras cant survive in brackish but i think they can and do) this is my first warm water aquarium and its doing great my fish is very energetic and the water has a good rich soil smell so i think im doing pretty good, also i know i will need to upgrade my tank to 80gal

Answer 1

Your very best bet is to get the siphon to be honest. There are no animals that will remove the waste from the gravel. As far as a fish to help with uneaten food and algae, I would try an adult bristlenose catfish.

Ditto to the above... get the 80 gallon very soon.

MM

Answer 2

First of all, know that you can NOT keep an Oscar in a 30 gallon tank long term. Second, the best clean up crew is a syphon hose and a bucket... DO WATER CHANGES!!! You can also get a Bristlenose pleco (Ancistrus sp.) to help to some of the algae cleaning, but get the Oscar into a bigger tank before it's too late and it stunts its growth.

Answer 3

Pleco's are the only possible clean up crew in an Oscar tank. No other crew will survive long enough to carry out the job :-)

www.plecofanatics.com

Answer 4

I really can't think of anything that your Oscar won't eat. I suppose you could use Ghost Shrimp, anything your Oscar doesn't eat will scavenge the bottom till it does get eaten.

I would hurry on the 80g, Oscars grow fast.

Answer 5

The first fish that came to mind is plecostomus, but make sure that it is as big if not bigger than your oscar.

Answer 6

A sucker fish.Make sure you get a big sucker fish or it will get eaten by the oscar.