Top 10 Fish Tank Cleaners

Freshwater fish tanks are beautiful to look at, but keeping them clean can be a titanic job. If you are looking to keep your fish tank in pristine condition, be sure to add a few of these cleaning fish to help you get the job done.

The Janitors Of Your Fish Tank

• Rainbow Sharks and Redtail Sharks are scavengers that will chow down on any excess food that settles at the bottom of your fish tank.
• Eartheaters are great at cleaning your tank's substrate. They do so by scooping it up in their mouths and expelling it through their gills, which filters and cleans it.
• Flagfish are wonderful cleaning fish. They help you by removing unwanted algae from all over your fish tank.
• Corydoras are scavengers who use their whiskers to pick up any worms or crustaceans that may be hiding in the substrate of your fish tank.
  

Your Tank's Cleaning Crew

• Platies are amazing at keeping your tank clean by scooping up half eaten food and killing unwanted algae.
• Snails will eat just about anything and work tirelessly at keeping the glass free from grime and buildup.
• Goldfish are usually known to be quite messy, but they spend their day nosing around the substrate of their tank picking up any morsel they can find, which helps a lot to keep it clean.
• Plecos are the best at keeping driftwood clean of algae and any parasites that may grow on it.
• Amano shrimp use their legs to hang on to and reach into the smallest spaces where algae may grow, which really helps keep their tank clean.
• Loaches are great for keeping the snail population under control, so if you have snails, make sure to add a couple of loaches to your tank.