Bichir-safe driftwood cleaner

[spitz006]

I decided to get rid of my plecos and my flagtail prochilodus because I kept seeing wounds on my retropinnis bichir. I decided to get rid of all my South American fish in general and decided to stick with Africa/Asia fish.
Now my driftwood is getting dirty… what can I add to the tank to clean it? Will garra be ok? Or Chinese algae eater, SAE? Garra rufa would be ideal since they’re cheap.

 

[NCStateFisher]

If the driftwood is getting significantly dirty, quickly - sounds more like a water quality issue.. I'd try upping waterchanges and reducing hours of light each day rather than adding additional fish to keep things clean.

I do keep a soft wire brush in my tank equipment and occasionally scrub my driftwood down right before a big water change

 

[spitz006]

If the driftwood is getting significantly dirty, quickly - sounds more like a water quality issue.. I'd try upping waterchanges and reducing hours of light each day rather than adding additional fish to keep things clean.

I do keep a soft wire brush in my tank equipment and occasionally scrub my driftwood down right before a big water change

They were in a 220 with a pleco who sucked the driftwood and made it pretty. But I moved to a new house so they’re in a 150 gallon stock tank right now, and at the same time as moving, I got rid of the pleco.