what pleco should i get

Fishfiles1

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i have a 35gal. hex. and the last thing i want to add is a pleco, but i have no idea what kind, just keep in mind these are the fish that will be in the tank
3 bolivan rams, 6 odesa barbs 10 neon tetra, and maybe some harlequin rasboras, please help me, and i dont wnat cory cats because i already have them in my 20 long
 
i saw this one kind, it was yellow, but i dont know the name in didnot have spots, in think
 
i thought this place was suposto heop
 
BNP is among the few small enough for a tank with that small a footprint. Frankly, if you need algae scraping, and prefer fish to magnets for this task, Otos might be a better choice for you (get ~3).
 
can you tell me about the otos
 
Otos are small little proficient algae eaters that do best in groups. They are very good at keeping a well established tank clear of algae but may need supplementation with algae wafers (depending on how much algae you have in your tank). They can sometimes be difficult to keep alive initially, so careful observation of them in the store (round bellies, not sunken) will help as well as a slow acclimation to the qt tank/display tank.
 
^ spot-on

In addition: there are several similar looking species, O. affins being the most commonly available (afaik). They are little work horses. I have just 4 and they keep a 46g pretty well free of any spot or dust algae. They also take algae off of most of my (live) plant leaves w/o damaging them. They are also funny because they like to school and, occasionally, they'll all peel off to join a school of something else that happens to be swimming by. They're easy to spot when they do that because they swim kind of spastically - like a little kid on too much caffeine would.
 
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