I recently set up a 20 gallon tank and introduced a pair of convict chichlids, who have mated and are now taking care of some wrigglers in a hole in one of the rocks. The algae is starting to build up in the tank and I would like to get a plecostomus or a chinese algae eater to clean the algae. Would the convicts kill it? The female is 1 inch, male is 1 1/2 inches.
Lots of flat rocks/tight crevices in the back and you could add a bristlenose cat. They stay small and hide in crevices no convict could get to. Ideally get a little pump to add a current though the rockwork, bristlenose cats love current.
You have to be careful when breeding with plecostomus's. they work the night shift, and when the cichlids are resting they'll suck the eggs up.
i would get snails. or a chinese algae eater should be fine. just nothing large.
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