Hey im looking for a fish to help out with the left overs from my O and ideas? i heard that Silver dollars eat waste and leftover food but i was wondering if there was any others? i dont have a big enough tank for plecos

*Update* I know want to get 3 silver dollars. i have a 55g tank and one O do you think this would work out? ill get the silver dollars as soon as my O is done with his ich treatment.

55 gal is good for one oscar alone...though 3 SD do not grow much, they will
still add bioloads in your tank. a good filtration and extra works will be needed
i you gonna push through getting 3 SD....

i have 5 snails and they hardly produce any bio load and my oscar really don't mind em and they eat any excess spilled food my boys don't eat

you could get yr sd's providing u can ample filtration... iv never had them but apparently they are all about the oscar s*** lol

oh yeah and they wont crap as much as a pleco either

A big faourite that I have read is the 'Clown Loach' there are a few members on the site that have them and I will be getting one myself. They have a dozen or so at my LFS.
They are constantly scouring the bottom of the tank picking all bits up and they are beautiful with their orange and dark colours.

yeah jamie m8 there mint, iv got 2, only tiny ones tho in my community tank, those and my albino corries keep ma tank really clean


thing is with clown loaches r they get MASSIVE alot of ppl dont realise just how big, althou can take 10 years for them to get full grown!!

but they sure got a cool look!!!

I rememeber reading about them when I was keeping fish a while ago that they grow too 10"-12"s. I also read that they have not been bred in captivity as they do not become fully sexually mature in aquariums, for some reason. Maybe it has changed since then.

askhammatt wrote:

jamesmillar wrote:


I believe a lot of the Clown Loach at the LFS will be shipped in from Asia, however I think it was a German company that has forced Clown Loach into sexual maturity with chemicals. But as far as I know there has only been one case of natural breeding of clown loaches in captivity and the two clown loach involved died (the eggs were found in the female after an autopsy)

jamesmillar wrote:

I was amazed at their adult size but even more of their possible lifespan of 80 years!!!!
Imagine being in the retirementhome, and still have these fish!