Post #17218 by laney on Tue, Dec 24, 2002 3:49 PM

The fish may be a good idea but I've found that those algae eaters need warm water (heater) or they will die. My koi eat a lot of the algae in my outside tank but it may just be the bamboo rotting. I had a bamboo vase I got in Kona and it rotted fast. Good Luck!