Fancy algae eater

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yargnits

yargnits

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Looking for a fancy pleco fo one of my smaller tanks (can go in a larger tank if it grows big).
Basically want a nice looking plec to clean glass. I know bristlenose, common and gibbicrps do a good job but im looking for something a bit nicer like green phantom or something but i dont know if they will help clean the glass or not.
Any suggestions?
 
thefredpit said:
the best algae eater of my 21 types of fancy plecos is my L137 they will do such a good job you have to supplement with veggies
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Mine almost never comes out. hahaha I dont have algae in the tank she is in, so I cant comment on their cleaning ability.

I do have rubbernose that destroys algae. They are by no means special, but they are pretty cool and have a nice small size(disclaimer: I love all plecos).
 
lol I do too obviously. The tank they are in now had a bad algae problem when I added him and the next morning I came out to a clean tank
 
yargnits said:
Looking for a fancy pleco fo one of my smaller tanks (can go in a larger tank if it grows big).
Basically want a nice looking plec to clean glass. I know bristlenose, common and gibbicrps do a good job but im looking for something a bit nicer like green phantom or something but i dont know if they will help clean the glass or not.
Any suggestions?
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Typically, the fancy the pleco, the less 'work' they will do.
 
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I have a green phantom and I haven’t seen it clean the glass at all. Not even my rhino does that. Only pleco that I have that cleans the glass is my bristlenose plecos
 
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