Bristlenose pleco
Ancistrus cirrhosus
It sticks to glass and wood scraping algae, mostly on the night shift.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 13 cm
- Smallest tank
- 75 cm
- Temperature
- 20–27 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Calm
- Water layer
- Bottom
- Care
- Easy
- Group
- Lives on its own
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litres12 of them
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres21 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres46 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres85 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Guppy
- Neon tetra
- Yoyo loach
- Peacock cichlid
- Swordtail
- Red rainbowfish
- Siamese algae eater
- Three spot gourami
- Moonlight gourami
- Firemouth cichlid
- Denison barb
- Sailfin molly
- Pearl gourami
- Freshwater angelfish
- Julidochromis
- Rainbow shark
- Silver dollar
- African butterflyfish
- Giant danio
- Boesemani rainbowfish
- Turquoise rainbowfish
- Keyhole cichlid
- Yellow lab cichlid
- Kribensis
- and 60 more species
Caution
Not together
- DiscusWater temperatures do not overlap
- Red tail sharkAggressive with peaceful
- Convict cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Red zebra cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Demasoni cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Paradise fishAggressive with peaceful
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)Aggressive with peaceful
- Jack DempseyAggressive with peaceful
- German blue ramWater temperatures do not overlap