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Resist all attempts to overfeed. The fish don't know when to quit on eating in most cases. They can bloat and die from being too full. I wouldn't get pleco for algae cleaning, they are more like just a bottom feeder to eat what is at the bottom of the tank. Otocinclus Catfish are much better for this job of cleaning algae. Some shrimps are great too. Amano shrimps are the best from what I heard, but I have never kept any.
I highly recommend to do partial water change no less than once every two weeks. Once or twice a week is even better for the health of the fish. It is proven that they live longer and healthier with more frequent water change.
Frozen brine shrimp can easily spoil the water in my own experience. Once I dropped a cube frozen brine shrimp into my community tank and my fish finished it off quickly, I tested and detected ammonia in this well established tank the very next day.
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