In my 125 i have

8 SAE - they do ok... i think they are to used to being fed now though..
after about a month of being algaeless..
6 albino bristle nose plecos - they werent my choice, they came free with
the saes *2 each time they reshipped due to death*
estimated 20 ghost shrimp - they are always eating algae / dead leaves /
dead snails
100's of malasian snails and some rams horn that im trying to get rid of.
and 1 big *4 inches and hes only 2 months old* common pleco - as soon as he
starts to eat leaves and i can catch him - hes out..
Livebearers, lots of them platy's..

I bought an inline uv steralizer, that seemed to help the algae quite a bit,
if thats all you want them for.

Hope that helps - i have all that ans still have small small amounts of
algae. *however i welcome small algae since 50% of the population eats it -
free food*

Good Luck!

Dustin


"Blake" wrote in message
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I've found a website to buy the true SAE, but they're recommending 1 per
5g.
This seems a bit much to me... I've got a 155g planted aquarium, so that'd
be an awful lot of SAE's. Right now, I've got two chinese algae eaters, a
pl*co, some pearl gourami's, rosy barbs, rainbow fish, diamond tetras, a
few
mollies, and assorted small tetras. I'd like to get some SAE's and
possibly
transfer one of the Chinese guys over to a smaller tank, but do I really
need 31??