Best pleco for planted tank

davercomeau · 02-24-2008, 02:38 PM

Which type of pleco would be the best for a 90 gallon planted tank? I am looking for something that won't grow much past 5 inches and will have an obsession with eating all the algae in my tank while leaving the plants alone. Pit bull pleco?

ikermalli · 02-24-2008, 02:50 PM

How about a bristlenose pleco?
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile117.html
or a clown pleco?
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile80.html

Clerk · 02-24-2008, 04:01 PM

The two species of plecos sold as clown plecos are rubbish algae eaters. One is a wood eater, the other likes meatier foods...

Go with a Bristlenose.

fishbguy · 02-24-2008, 05:20 PM

bristle nose...fo sho...lol

02-24-2008, 02:38 PM	#1
davercomeau Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 24 Posts: 49	Best pleco for planted tank Which type of pleco would be the best for a 90 gallon planted tank? I am looking for something that won't grow much past 5 inches and will have an obsession with eating all the algae in my tank while leaving the plants alone. Pit bull pleco?

02-24-2008, 02:50 PM	#2
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 708	How about a bristlenose pleco? http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile117.html or a clown pleco? http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile80.html __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

02-24-2008, 04:01 PM	#3
Clerk Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 466	The two species of plecos sold as clown plecos are rubbish algae eaters. One is a wood eater, the other likes meatier foods... Go with a Bristlenose. __________________ Four Tanks 55 Gallon - Planted Display Tank 50 Gallon Community 20 Gallon - High-Light Planted Breeder 29 Gallon - Newt

02-24-2008, 05:20 PM	#4
fishbguy I'm watching you Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: michigan Age: 17 Posts: 1,890	bristle nose...fo sho...lol __________________ I think about you in the summertime And all the good times we had, baby It’s been a few years and I can’t deny The thought of you still makes me crazy I think about you in the summertime Summertime - New Kids On The Block

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