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I saw a bristlenose pleco yesterday in one of the lfs's. Just wondering if anyone has one and if there is any advantage to those versus regular pleco's and if there is any difference other than the noses?
They appeared to be a little thicker around the belly and tail than common pleco and kinda neat looking.

bristlenose plecos are very good for smaller tanks because they only get to about 6 inches compared to the normal 18 inches. i also think bristlenose plecos look cooler to. i would say if your tank is less than 50g get a couple bristlenose plecos more than 50g than a common pleco might be better.

They also do a better job on algea.

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I have a few of them (called bristlenose catfish here) and they are pretty hardy fish.
They do a pretty good job with algea and dont get as large as regular plecos as mentioned b4.

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