can anyone advise a pleco (algae eating) for my community tank. I can go to about 5 inches max.
PH7.0
Nitrite 0
Amonia 0
Tankmates
Red wag tail platty (m)
Sunset Platty (f)
Redwag/comet hybrid platty (f)
Juevenile sunset/wag platty (think m)
6 x Neon tetra (don't know how to sex them)
2 x Bronze cory cats (m+f)
1 x Golden Barb (m)
1 Jap algae eating shrimp
2 x Ottocinclus (don't know how to sex them)
Thanks
Need a pleco for my community tank
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Common bristlenose would be a good candidate. They grow to about 5" max.
[Your local shop will probably call it Ancistrus Dolichopterus or A.Temminckii or some such, if they are good enough to have any name other than "Bristlenose pleco"].
Should be able to get them from just about any shop.
They eat algae quite well, as long as you don't have the "hard" stuff that sticks to the glass, there are only a few fish that eat those... [And I don't know WHICH fish that is, but I know for sure it's not any pleco's or similar].
<spam>If you're in southern/western side of London, I could probably sell you a couple of babies for a lot less than the shop takes...</spam>
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[Your local shop will probably call it Ancistrus Dolichopterus or A.Temminckii or some such, if they are good enough to have any name other than "Bristlenose pleco"].
Should be able to get them from just about any shop.
They eat algae quite well, as long as you don't have the "hard" stuff that sticks to the glass, there are only a few fish that eat those... [And I don't know WHICH fish that is, but I know for sure it's not any pleco's or similar].
<spam>If you're in southern/western side of London, I could probably sell you a couple of babies for a lot less than the shop takes...</spam>
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Mats