Type of bottom dweller to stock...

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fish-boy13

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hey guys i need help on deciding what would be a good type of bottom dweller to include with my stock. Something that will of course get rid of a good amount of algae just by himself. Im planning on setting up a 135 Gal to start off i will stock it with a jag-jd-oscar-gt ill be trying to get them all at 2"-3" in sizes. A type that will easily and that can put up with these aggressive fishes that will soon to be monsters when all grown up. Pros/Cons will be nice, just to help me decide better thanks.
 
not a pleco, too messy to keep with an oscar, although good at algae control [although bushys aren't bad].

syno cat would keep the bottom clean, but not the sides, same with corys

not chinese algae eaters, crappy fish

loaches clean the bottom nice.

bushynose pleco?
 
my bushynose cleans the bottom and sides, not ot mention he's cute =] also, my africans leave him alone. he doesn't create as much waste as common plecos and others
 
id go with a snail for the algea and then get two bumblee bee cats they get 5-6 inchs big and have a really cool attitude and they clean all food off the ground. my lil 2 incher fights off some 2 and a half inch jags a 4 inch oscar and a 4 inch sveni pike cichlid and their not messy i really like em its the 3rd catfish ive owned in my whole 7 year hobby and this one if my favorite and they looks beautiful
 
Hmm, any other ones that are usually common, cuz not sure about how common those types of cats...might consider the bushynose ones.
 
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