Cleaner for my 30 gallon tank

[blarney]

I have a 30gallon tank with a Pleco and 4 giant danios in it. I am looking for something to clean the cover rocks a little better. I was thinking of little crabs but hear they are aggresive and don't know if they will mess with the pleco. If anyone has some good ideas I would appreciate it.

[OscarFan]

First off your really overstocked the pleco alone can get over 16 inches if it is a common pleco.

But if you moved the pleco. you could get some cory cats.

[smaug]

Good cleaners of what?Algae or left overs.For leftovers,corys cant be beat,you could have a school of 6 at least.For algae? Siamese algae eaters do that very well,they also eat leftovers which makes them doubly useful,you could have 2.

[blarney]

Oscar Fan, It's a 30 tall and the pleco is only about 2inches long now. I have a 150 when he outgrows this tank.

Smaug, leftovers is what I want disposed of. I have an awesome biological system setup in that tank and cleaning is easy as can be but I end up with a lot of food down in the rocks and I want to alleviate that.

[smaug]

Then I recommend a yoyo loach or 2.Mine are non stop at grubbing for food.Corys as well,its a toss up which one is more tireless.

[blarney]

Is this what you mean by a cory? Sorry I am not up on non aggressive fish.

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish/sterbaicory.php

[smaug]

Yup,thats them,and that particular one is a very attractive choice as well.

[OscarFan]

Oscar Fan, It's a 30 tall and the pleco is only about 2inches long now. I have a 150 when he outgrows this tank.

Smaug, leftovers is what I want disposed of. I have an awesome biological system setup in that tank and cleaning is easy as can be but I end up with a lot of food down in the rocks and I want to alleviate that.

thats good to here...
Their are many species of cories. And the do a great job of cleaning things up. My favorite are peppers and pandas

[blarney]

I will go take a look at some cory's later this week. I must say that I am enjoying the community tanks very much which I didn't expect. I have the 30gallon 55gallon and a 10gallon which are community tanks and the fish are beautiful.