Bichir safe pleco or other "algea eater"?

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JamesF;5017001; said:
The starlight might be a bit tricky, but many others will also grow to a decent size. Even common ones can get 5" and very bulky.
The thing with common pleco as they are more likely to suck on the ganoid scaled fish as many have tried. Only very little success story about them with ganoid scaled fish.
 
always4lora;5017924; said:
had mine in with an l191 for over a year with no issue, the plec doesnt stray to far away from the wood.

Well the OP is looking for a good algae eating pleco. L191 is no good for eating algae as they prefer to eat wood over algae or will also eat fruits and veggies. They are safe with ganoid scaled fish but not good at cleaning algae.
 
JamesF;5018299; said:
I was refering to the common bristlenose.
I have one of the common bristlenose in my 55 gallon with my 3 bichirs and he leaves them alone.
 
I have some kind of pleco in with mine and he ignores my bichir, I am not liking him though because he poops so damn much!! But he does eat the extra pellets and keeps the tank from getting to cloudy..
 
a sponge :P
 
pookie;5019457; said:
I have some kind of pleco in with mine and he ignores my bichir, I am not liking him though because he poops so damn much!! But he does eat the extra pellets and keeps the tank from getting to cloudy..

this was another reason why i took mine out. all they seem to do is eat and poop. i was cleaning the tank extra just because of them so i said screw it and gave them to a friend with a red eared slider.
 
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