Cleanup crew for planted tanks?

[JMurphy97]

What should I get for a cleanup crew for a 10 gallon planted tank? My main fish will be neons. I kinda want some of those little dwarf frogs and ghost shrimp and maybe a betta. Let me know what you guys use. I'm gonna try to go with a amazon look so maybe the betta wont work.

 

[Clint]

Dwarf frogs require their own feeding and bettas are not cleanup.

malaysian trumpet snails would work. A couple of ottocinclus. Amano shrimp.

 

[endparenthesis]

Don't expect your shrimp to live long with a betta. Some don't care. Most like to see what they taste like.

 

[JMurphy97]

Is there a difference between cherry and ghost shrimp? Will they do the same thing? I'm gonna get both I think though.

 

[endparenthesis]

ghost shrimp = cheap and useless
cherry shimp = moderately expensive, moderately useful, easy to breed
amano shrimp = moderately expensive, very useful, hard to breed

all = betta victims

 

[Clint]

If you have to have a shrimp, maybe a wood shrimp would work. If there's no food in the water column for it it will eat ditritus.

 

[CPsInAtl]

I'll add to the betta + shrimp = bad idea. I bought a couple ghost shrimp to see if htey would do *any* cleaning my little tank. The betta killed them all. Didn't eat them, just killed them...

 

[RL7836]

SAE's , Amano shrimp & lose the betta.

 

[KenBoorman]

SAE's are too big for that tank. Otocinclus would be better IMHO.

Ken
A.N.G.F.A. North American Co-ordinator

 

[Clint]

You might have to go through a few to get the good ones They are my favorite AE though.