Ryan.O.

About 5 dayz ago i bought a bristlenose. i hav a few qwestions about them. is it just mine or do they all produce a lot of waste cause mine seems to poop a lot.

And also mine just sits on this fake rock decoration and dosn't clean the algae off the glass which iz why i got him. itz nearly been a week and the glass still hasn't been cleaned.

and ive heard u can feed them cucumber, how do you do this? do you hav 2 boil it or can u just wash it and put it in the tank.

Callum The Cat

Butterfly

Most pleco produce copious amounts of waste. What are you feeding him? Maybe your feeding him too much What size tank is he in?
Callum I have to respectfully disagree In my experience Bristlenose are tank cleaning machines. Glad I've had better cleaning experience with mine than you have.
Carol

Callum The Cat

Ryan.O.

It iz in a 215 litre tank and i havn't fed him anything. i put a piece of cucumber in but he didn't touch it. itz been a week and he still hasn't ate any algae. he's starting to annoy me.

Butterfly

If you haven't fed him or he didn't touch the cucumber and he's pooping lots and not dead then he's eating something
Carol

Ryan.O.

yea but what cauze the algae on the front of the tank is still there. do you think i should clean it off cauze it makez the tank look bad.

azzman

you might have a lazy fish, i brought 1 for the same reason, hes only 1.5 inches
but he keeps my 3ft tank spotless.

Ryan.O.

yea maybe. are these catfish nocturnal cauze thiz mornin he waz out and when i turned the light on he swam off qwickly to hide. do u think he could be scared of the light. by the way he iz about 6cm long.

azzman

yea they nocturnal, make sure u turn the light off at night, have u got some bogwood in ur tank?
they like to chew on it, i also feed mine algae wafers, if the algae is giving u the sh**s get a snail
or something, iv just got 1, dunno wat sort its is but there a 24/7 eating machine.
maybe get another bristlenose if uv got room, cant hurt.

Ryan.O.

Yea i might put a snail in....

thanx 4 tha help.

with putting the cucumber in do you just put it in the tank and weight it down with something? and should i try a few times if it dosn't eat it at first?

azzman

ive never feed it anything like that, but iv seen clips that u clip
the cucumber in then suction cup it to the glass near the bottom.

Ryan.O.

thanks 4 tha help evry1.

after about 3 weeks the algae haz started to dissapear and i think that the bristlenose waz just shy at first but now it iz starting 2 eat the algae. but i still dont c him out on the sides of the tank.

Bryn

i found the best way was to use a rubber band and put a piece of zucchini wrapped around a nice rock and put that in the tank they loved it. i breed my bristle nose a few times they were great i wanna get some more again now im back into it.

Ryan.O.

yea thankz i'll try that.