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I need to know if this pleco will eat brown algea?!?!?!?
The bristle nose is cool and i need a pleco.THanks in advance.
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Last edited by NewBreeder16 at 06-Dec-2005 20:22

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Yeah, usually they will. My bristlenose eats brown diatom algae, and whenever I see a store tank containing Ancistrus there is no diatom algae in sight.

Are you sure that you really need a pleco, though? Your water quality will actually go down a bit if you introduce any type of pleco, because the fish will be excreting waste and (in the case of an algae eater) consuming nutrient-using algae. If your tank is already about fully stocked, I'd recommend against a plec. What is your tank size and stocking list, please?

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As SB stated re BN I would think twice. To get the brown algae there must be a problem it would be better to solve the problem rather than add another fish. More info about your tank please size, water peramiters, plants, and a full stock list, also the filtration used.

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The tank is a 29 gallon and has:
3 kribensis
6 zebra danios
1 blue honey gouromy
water is hard, 7or8 ph, and no waste problems cause i vacuum, but have gotten behind on that tank.

I also have a 20 gal. with the same problem but it has:
5 guppies
6 cories
1 platy
3 ghost shrimp
same water just this is vacuumed out every two weeks.
The bristle nose is for the bigger of my tanks and i was thinking about the stingray pleco (p. Leveree i think) for the smaller. I have a few plants but i don't know what their called.
Thanks in advance
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Last edited by NewBreeder16 at 07-Dec-2005 07:12

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You can call me Newb too, since I'm not nere new any more.

For brown algae, I like ottos. They're like mini-plecos. My BN has never been a very impressive diatom eater.

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If those kribs in the twenty-nine gallon breed, you'll end up with more problems than algae. They can become very protective of their young, and can quite possibly kill tankmates in small setups. Bristlenose plecos tend to be bottom dwellers like the kribs, so the two parties may have problems with each other if breeding occurs (pleco trying to eat eggs; parents defending young against plec). Aside from that, it would be good to catch up on your tank maintenance if you've gotten behind. Plecos are messy fish; you don't want to pollute the tank even more.

What is the genus name of the "stingray pleco"? I'm not familiar with the name, so I won't be of any help right now.

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Although I can't find the thread at the moment, I seem to recall that someone fairly recently posted that their Kribs were picking on their Otocinclus. Now since Otocinclus are about as inofensive a fish as you can possibly imagine (unless they're desperately starving and go for slime coat) then I'd echo Sirbooks' caution with a Britlenose Plec. Chances are a Bristlenose would develop a taste for caviar if the Kribs began breeding, and the Kribs would behave in true protective parental Cichlid fashion and rip it to pieces.

Remember that when they're breeding, Kribs can become a LOT more aggressive than they are outside breeding time. Non-breeding Kribs can be relatively placid, but parents can be fearless defenders of eggs and fry.


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