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My son has an aquarium with only an African Cichlid in it as they are an aggressive fish and do not like to share their habitat. He cleans the tank once a month as the pet store directed but he has an awful build-up of algae in that time. The ornaments in the aquarium are almost black with algae and are very difficult to clean with a toothbrush as the paint chips off if you scrub too diligently. We tried a snail but the fish killed him. Any suggestions? Thank you.
My son has an aquarium with only an African Cichlid in it as they are an aggressive fish and do not like to share their habitat. He cleans the tank once a month as the pet store directed but he has an awful build-up of algae in that time. The ornaments in the aquarium are almost black with algae and are very difficult to clean with a toothbrush as the paint chips off if you scrub too diligently. We tried a snail but the fish killed him. Any suggestions? Thank you.
July 29th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
i would get a medium sized pleco that can’t fit inside the cichlids mouth. the pleco will eat at night and you probably wont see it in the mornings. or you can get some chemicals to get rid of the algae. and you can get plants to fight the algae you probably need alot for the plants to kill the algae.