I have heard that for algae, you can't beat a Plecostomus (if you can stand to look at the ugly things!)

I think the shrimps might be able to hide among those fake(?) plants and drift wood.

Haha, susie, we call those sucker fishes here. Yea, they're ugly but sometimes they tend to stop eating algae once they acquire the taste for fish feed. Locksley fear that the plecostomus might grow too big too fast.

Actually I think that's what happened to my ottos. They no longer seem to be interested in algae. But then again, they always seem to have a bulging stomach, which would suggest they are eating something. Whatever they're eating, I'd never know because I never see them eating anything!

This morning, I realised with shrimp in the tank I have a new housekeeping problem. Lots of them molted in the tank last night, lots of shell pieces all over. I had to suck them out one by one. Anyone knows if they break down? If they do, I'd just leave them alone and let nature take it's course.

There may be 19 or 20 shrimps in there, but I can see only less than 10 at any given time. Hope none of them jumped out or anything...I've had fish jump out of my tank before. Haha!