Freshwater Fish
Bristlenose Pleco.
A compact, bristle-faced pleco that earns its keep grazing algae off glass and wood. It stays a manageable five inches — unlike the common pleco — and is beginner-easy, peaceful, and happy in any 30-gallon-plus tank with driftwood to rasp.
Live fish are priced per supplier batch — prices may vary. Call to confirm current pricing.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
Every animal is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it reaches the sales floor. This is a species we carry — it's most likely in the tanks around delivery days, but live stock changes daily. Please call (814) 456-9445 to confirm availability before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Beginner
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Community
- Community safe
- Adult size
- 5"
- Min tank size
- 30 gallons
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Scientific name
- Ancistrus sp.
Good tank mates
Peaceful and community-safe, this pleco gets along with most calm community fish: small tetras, rasboras, corydoras, peaceful gouramis, and livebearers like mollies and platies. It mostly keeps to itself on the glass and wood. Avoid very aggressive or much larger fish; males can be a little territorial toward other plecos, so give each one its own driftwood and caves.
Good to know
The bushy tentacles that give the bristlenose its name grow longest on mature males and are used in courtship.
Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice before you buy.
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660 East 14th Street,
Erie, PA.
Mon–Fri 12–6 · Sat 11–4 · Sun closed. Call ahead on livestock — what's on the floor rotates.