Clown pleco vs. Bristlenose pleco

[oo7genie]

Coincidentally, I just saw my clown pleco today, for the first time in 4+ months. Up until then, I honestly had no clue if he was dead or alive.

 

[TheFishBoss97]

Albino BN's are a lot smaller then normal BN's, and neither gets to 6" IME.

I'd say that you're going to want to either stick with the otos, or remove them and get a BN.

+1 on that, my male albino BN is almost 1.5 years old, and is only 5" long.

And for Clowns, they hide during most of the day, and they are very slow growers, so unless you get at least 3, you will hardly see them in your tank. And clowns need DW to sharpen their teeth, and so do BNs.

 

[jpappy789]

Never had an albino BN be noticeably smaller than any normal colored individual. Seems to me that any observation like that is purely coincidental.

 

[smitty]

I see someone said that both will outgrow the tank. IMO that is totally false. There maximum size is 6 inches and believe me it will take them quite awhile to reach that. They are both great for a tank that size. I have both.

 

[Lise]

Barty, my BN, lives in my 27 cube with a big hunk of driftwood and has smoothed out the side of it. He is a little shy unless he smells an algae wafer coming his way. I have a moonlight LED and he goes out and about when its on. He only uproots banana plants that aren't really attached to the substrate. Dont know why he ignores zuccini.

 

[Lise]

Oh, and Barty is a serious pooper!

 

[amazonadam]

Thanks everyone for their input. I wont be geting any plec