Pleco Questions

[Brennaerin]

We have a 55 gallon tank set up and after 3 weeks we have now started planning our fish. We have figured all of them out except our pleco. We realize that it will be a few months before we get it but thought if we could figure out the right one we could special order it. We were thinking one that as an adult gets around 3 to 4 inches and was either brightly colored or at least had a really cool design. Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[SandraNewbie]

Male bristlenose looks interesting because of the bristles on the nose. And if you can get a longfin pleco, they're beautiful

Clown pleco is small and cool looking but doesn't eat a lot of algae (needs plenty of wood) and they're quite shy and they like company.

Pitbull pleco's (not a true pleco) are small and efficient algae eaters.

Google those three species and see which seems to suit you and feel free to come back with questions.

I'm sure someone will also recommend Otos instead (otocinclus) for algae eating so you may want a look there.

 

[thereverendturtle]

One of the best for algae control, would be bushy nose plecos. They can get up to 6", but that's fairly uncommon. You could keep a pair 1m/1f in your tank. They come in a variety of colors and finnage.

 

[snazy]

One of the best for algae control, would be bushy nose plecos. They can get up to 6", but that's fairly uncommon. You could keep a pair 1m/1f in your tank. They come in a variety of colors and finnage.

Ha, ha, bushy nose pleco. I think the name suits a lot better than bristlenose. I've got one myself recently, a tiny baby, the albino type, hopefully it's a female as those bristles look scary It's hyper active

The butterfly pleco looks similar to the clown pleco but is an algae eater. Sadly they don't have them anywwhere I live. They are small enough, max 5.5 inches, beautiful and algae eaters

Here is a link with pictures and requirements and pictures from planetcatfish:

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=706

 

[thereverendturtle]

Here in the US, they are usually called by bushy nose. Don't know why, but common names differ around the world. That's why scientific names are so important.