From reading all your posts I think I may have a bristlenose pleco. I've had him for 5 years and he is very healthy and active, I just don't know what he is. My biggest problem is we are going to be gone 4 days this summer. I will feed him the day we leave, but there will be 3 days we won't be home. Will he be allright? What does everyone else do when they go on vacation and leave their bottom feeders?