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Pleco Paul
The Boss
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Location : Lancashire
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| | Subject: How long would it take to clean this tank Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:36 pm | |
| How long would it take a Bristle Nose pleco to free this tank from Algae?  | |
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Jagtazman
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Location : Halifax, UK
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Registration date : 2009-10-27
| | Subject: Re: How long would it take to clean this tank Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:00 pm | |
| TO get a a true answer you would need to specify the size of the bristlenose and whether a single one or multiples Also I've not known a bristle to clean the algae of sand... or is that just mine..  | |
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Pleco Paul
The Boss
Number of posts : 82
Location : Lancashire
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Registration date : 2008-12-26
| | Subject: Re: How long would it take to clean this tank Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:27 pm | |
| - Jagtazman wrote:
- TO get a a true answer you would need to specify the size of the bristlenose and whether a single one or multiples
Also I've not known a bristle to clean the algae of sand...
or is that just mine.. Just 1 Bristle Nose at average size. The tank is small and the substrate is fine white gravel and not sand. | |
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Curby
The Boss
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Age : 42
Location : Wigan UK
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Registration date : 2008-12-26
| | Subject: Re: How long would it take to clean this tank Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:15 am | |
| A fully grown BN will swipe the algea in this tank in 1-2 days no problem..... A couple of smaller bn's say 1 inch..would take maybe 5-6 days...... after that point it would always be clean....  ive got loads spare if you need some paul albino's or browns all different sizes.... | |
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deano
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Registration date : 2009-07-26
| | Subject: Re: How long would it take to clean this tank Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:40 pm | |
| a few days of pure happiness for the little fella | |
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Kurosaki J
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Registration date : 2009-01-22
| | Subject: Re: How long would it take to clean this tank Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:31 pm | |
| A week would be a safe bet , not expecting the bristlie to work flat out would probably get better results, what else are you going to put in the tank when it's clean Paul?  J | |
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Curby
The Boss
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| | Subject: Re: How long would it take to clean this tank Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:16 am | |
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Kurosaki J
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| | Subject: Re: How long would it take to clean this tank Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:54 pm | |
|  oh yeah I do notice 1 little white fish swimming in the background, come on PlecoPaul get some Bristlies in there - I'm sure Curby could help out with a few  J | |
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Curby
The Boss
Number of posts : 3597
Age : 42
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| | Subject: Re: How long would it take to clean this tank Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:36 am | |
| Hows the BN's getting on with the tank Paul..??? | |
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Pleco Paul
The Boss
Number of posts : 82
Location : Lancashire
Thank You Points : 5
Registration date : 2008-12-26
| | Subject: Re: How long would it take to clean this tank Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:38 am | |
| - Curby wrote:
- Hows the BN's getting on with the tank Paul..???
I've just give it a good clean at the front the BN's have helped loads but they didn't touch any algae on the plastics plants so I took all the plants out and hand cleaned them. You can see patches on the back of the tank where the BN's have been doing there job  Looking more like a fishtank now instead of a jungle of algae | |
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Doug
Bristlenose King
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Age : 38
Location : Adelaide, South Australia
Job/hobbies : Aquatic ecologist/genetisist
Humor : yes please :)
Thank You Points : 198
Registration date : 2010-05-08
| | Subject: Re: How long would it take to clean this tank Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:40 am | |
| the algae on the plastic plants looks like green hair alage and is not the BN food of chioce. infact mine never touch the stuff.
The best way to kill it is a 5 second dip in 3parts bleach:7 parts water.
workks everytime and the BN will eat the dead stuff...go figure | |
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