Out of Africa Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Hey all, I am considering buying some common bristlenose cats for my planted discus tank to clean up my anubias of brown and a bit of beard algae. I keep reading different views and oppinions on how effective bn's are at algae control ! Some say they are amazing others say they eat leaves and others recommend ottos . Can I have some REAL life experiences shared on people who have them and on how good they really are??? Thanks, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6C1 Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 When I used to have a planted tank, I had a few common BNs in the tank.. They did an awesome job at cleaning algae on leaves and glass etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat williamson Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Very good at standard algae , not much good with that horrible beard stuff.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symphy Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Rob, they are great with planted tanks although with your fish(Discus) I would get medium-larger BN as they will make mince of smaller ones as I myself breed discus & know all about this first hand. Regards Ahmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out of Africa Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 Rob, they are great with planted tanks although with your fish(Discus) I would get medium-larger BN as they will make mince of smaller ones as I myself breed discus & know all about this first hand. Regards Ahmed Thanks Ahmed , I didn't think my discus would bother them , Angels on the other hand! It did cross my mind though as my largest discus is 15cms , I just thought bns were too fast and can hide from them in need. Thanks for the tip though! now I need a bn breeder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marrick2204 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Im thinking of selling my trio of BN's. constant breeders they are. all aroung the 10cm+mark. give me a PM if you like. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdk54 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I know it's a bit different, but I put my 7cm Gibby in my 4x2x2 that had a considerable amount of algae on the glass, and overnight, it was spotless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out of Africa Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 I know it's a bit different, but I put my 7cm Gibby in my 4x2x2 that had a considerable amount of algae on the glass, and overnight, it was spotless! Thanks mate, I love gibbys but they grow too big and are too messy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alobo Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Hi mate, I used to have a 4ft planted tank and I found a mixture of BN (3) and Siamese algae eaters (2) kept the tank perfectly clean. The SAEs were good for cleaning algea off small leaves which the BN couldn't do. Didn't have discus so don't know about compatibility issues. Ash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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