Bristlenose Plecos....I have seen the light!!!!

[txfatcat]

Let me just start off by saying holey cow batman.   Two of my tanks have holey rock in them and the have had a staedy buildup or brown algae on them including the glass.

I have normal plecos in one of the tanks and needed something to really do some work.  I was at Ultimate looking for a small giraffe cat and decided I would pick up a bristlenose pleco on Alex's recomendation.   When I got home and put them in, they went right to work.  

I woke up this morning and the holey rock in one tank is almost spotless. The second is about the same.  Never dreamed it would be like that. I guess it takes the right fish for the job.

Now I can sit back and watch these guys work for once instead of me.

[finfan]

Re: Bristlenose Plecos....I have seen the light!!!!

i had a planted 30gallon that was completely run over by brown algae, all plants, tank walls, rocks, EVERYTHING, i got a small BN pleco and in two days my entire tank was spotless - not a clue that i even had brown algae, that algae never was able to come back (it's been 6 months since then), the downside is, he also skinned my sword plants, but did not damage nana's