Absolute best glass-cleaning/algae-eating fish species - please vote

My purple apple snails weren't doing the job, but then I got two albino bn plecos from mgamer. There is not a spot of algae left anywhere now. I supplement them with algae wafers and zuccini slices, too.
 
Bristlenose pleco
rubberlip pleco
other plecos
(for some the smaller ones do a better job IMO)
 
I can see a Mag float for the fron and sides but I have too much equipment hanging down the back glass. I also have a dark blue constructiona paper on the outside back. Mag floats can'dt work the back.

Charles
 
I don't solely rely on fish/inverts to take care of my algae issues, and I really only keep them b/c I like them so much! It just so happens they eat some kinds of algae :). I would never keep a fish I didn't like just to have it work for me, that's silly :p:.

Having said that, ottos and bn's are good at eating some algae, and so are nerite snails. I feed my cats with veggies most of the time, and I usually end up solving my algae issues lol! Algae is more of a snack for my fish...
 
DUH.... A BN pleco..... i love plecs and this one seeeems to do the best....IMO
 
I have had just about every kind of fish mentioned. I would have to say the BEST were bn pleco's
 
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