I got a new pleco today. He's really small - only about an inch and a half, and so cute! It brings back memories of my first plecos... that whole year and a half ago!:lol: The little guy was darting around the tank for about the first 30 seconds after I put him in, but he's good now, just sucking on the back wall. I had really hoped it would get the driftwood, but maybe it will once it's bigger. For now, my magnetic algae scraper is on limited duty while the pleco gets the glass, but it may be too small to get every single bit of algae. Once it grows it will be better.
Should I have also (or instead of the pleco) gotten a columbian shark catfish? (I think that's what they were. From the pics they look the same.) The lfs guy said they get really big, but so do plecos. Idk which would do a better algae cleaning job. Older columbian sharks dont have that same look about them that the little guys do, but plecos look pretty much the same throughout their lives.
Should I have also (or instead of the pleco) gotten a columbian shark catfish? (I think that's what they were. From the pics they look the same.) The lfs guy said they get really big, but so do plecos. Idk which would do a better algae cleaning job. Older columbian sharks dont have that same look about them that the little guys do, but plecos look pretty much the same throughout their lives.