To pleco or not to pleco?

[jamntoast]

did you get a pleco?

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

I have a royal pleco L191 and a L200 green phantom pleco. The royal is 5 inches the phantom is 6. That royal will poop ten times more than the phantom.

I'm second that Royal pleco is a poop machine, I have to remove it just because it does more harm to my water parameters then keep the algae down...the best part it doesn't eat algae in my tank at all instead gazing 24/7 on my driftwood and poop.

 

[Buphy]

No, I moved my bristle nose to my 37 and probably won't keep one in my big tank, though in the future I may keep a nice zebra in a discus tank or something though.

 

[jclyde13]

I'm second that Royal pleco is a poop machine, I have to remove it just because it does more harm to my water parameters then keep the algae down...the best part it doesn't eat algae in my tank at all instead gazing 24/7 on my driftwood and poop.

Royal plecos aren't really known for being algae-eaters. Bristlenose plecos and rubberlip plecos are the only species I've actually seen eating algae.