Pleco ?

[bkiggy]

When I got my BN as a baby, he did an AWESOME job cleaning. 3 years later.... not so much. All he does is eat food and poop. ALOT!!!


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[Brookster123]

When I got my BN as a baby, he did an AWESOME job cleaning. 3 years later.... not so much. All he does is eat food and poop. ALOT!!!


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Yuuupppppp

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[bkiggy]

LOL
pleco's are poop MACHINES


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[bkiggy]

So.... Regular Otos don't clean much ??


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[dwhit13]

you don't think we spoiled them do you lol

I haven't had the chance to have ottos, but every thing I have read says there awesome cleaners. We were reffering to the Rubber Lip Pleco before

 

[bkiggy]

Yes - I will look into rubberlip
I know where to get 1


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[bkiggy]

Yah, it may be impossible actually, they're in the same boat as zebra plecos, extremely rare and extremely expensive. Maybe a rubber lip??

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Found it !!!! Aquabid.com



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[alyxandria]

I keep a male and female Bristlenose Ancistrus in a 55g tank with African Cichlids. I don't think they know one another even exists lol. I've had no issues.


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[mattoid]

a couple of BN males are okay together with enough hiding spots & space AND there is a female. I've got 2 BN male & 1 female in one community tank (65g) no problems, and 2 male peppermint BN (L183?) & 1 female in another on their own as a breeder tank (25g-heavy filtration) also no problems.
I may just be doubly lucky though



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[bkiggy]

Nice. Awesome. My 40g breeder has a Fluval 406 filter. Pleco's are the only high pooper!! LOL
Otos have a reputation of not living long. I wonder if that's true for all species. Pitbull pleco (Parotocinclus) is $15-20 each. That's a lot if they are not very hardy.
Is rubberlip pleco hardy??
I've not had issues with BN


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[Brookster123]

So.... Regular Otos don't clean much ??


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Ime otos are ridiculous algae munching machines, i put 8 in my 30l and they had it almost spotless in 7 days. I couldn't believe it..here's a comparison pic, notice the rocks

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[bkiggy]

OMG !!!! Sold
Otos it is
All pleco's do is poop


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[Brookster123]

OMG !!!! Sold
Otos it is
All pleco's do is poop


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It's pretty amazing huh?? They are fun in a group, in the morning all 8 meet up for the breakfast conference.. funny stuff.. only issue is they do have a tendency to die for no reason, I bought 8 expecting to see 4 make it to the 4 month mark, it's said that if they make it the first month they should be ok.. i have/had zebra otos in my other tank, they look awesome but not as efficient on the algae destruction, much more $$ though, started with 3, have 1 left 4 months later..

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[bkiggy]

That's their reputation. Die for no reason .......



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[Rivers2k]

ruber lip or bulldog will do fine with bushy nose. However this doesn't go for all plecos. I had a green phantom kill my other green phantom.

 

[bkiggy]

There is a fishy store in Amherst. The guy is a PhD in ichthyology . I very rarely go there, he mostly has aggressive and saltwater tanks. But is very knowledgeable about fishy stuff......
He stated he has a supplier of very hardy stock of Otos and pleco's.
I've never had an issue with his stock. Just doesn't have things I want. I'm going over there to see them.
I've gotten a lot of Cory's, plants, Australian rainbows, from him and have had them for 3 years.


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[enrgizerbunny]

Lightning HIGH light for all live plants - but only on 7 hours
Yes I do use excel and flourish and iron and root tabs


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Try splitting your photo period by a few hours and reduce to 6 hours, it will take time without anything else, but I had some success with a 3 hour break and 2, 3 hour sessions of lighting.

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[bkiggy]

Try splitting your photo period by a few hours and reduce to 6 hours, it will take time without anything else, but I had some success with a 3 hour break and 2, 3 hour sessions of lighting.

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I will. Thank you for the advice.
BBA is so hard to get rid of


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[bkiggy]

What about panda garra ?


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[Brookster123]

What about panda garra ?


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I was looking at those yesterday! Pretty cool, mouth is wild on the glass..

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