driftwood algae would a pleco help

[joedodge]

my drift wood in my 75 gallon is geting brown hair like algae growing on it i need help controling it would a pleco help my lfs has a 5 to 6 inch royal pleco would he help and would it and my catfish get along

 

[coltergeist]

i have large driftwood in a 75 with a pleco and have never seen anything growing on it aside from plants i put there, pleco does a good job

 

[joedodge]

what kind of pleco i dont care for the common and are they realy messy

 

[Lupin]

Hair algae? No pleco would ever eat hair algae. Do you have pics of the algae?

 

[ArttyFish]

I had the same problem with algae in my 150 gal and all I did was buy a couple of 2.5 inch bushy-nose plecos and 1 week later they already cleaned out 95 percent of the algae. IMO get a few smaller plecos than a single large pleco. That worked for me.

 

[famous323]

algae keps my tank spotless i have a couple of commons

 

[Muske]

Hairy algae is tough. BN's might be your best bet.

 

[Grimpatches14]

whats a BN?

 

[Lupin]

whats a BN?

Bristlenose or bushynose pleco for short. They're also called Ancistrus sp.

 

[Grimpatches14]

Bristlenose or bushynose pleco for short. They're also called Ancistrus sp.

i actually just got a BN about a week or 2 ago, i like how theyre grey, how big are they when they start to grow their bristles? and how big do they grow in general?