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jmowreader

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3. Otocinclus, bristlenose plecos and mollies would have a tough time in this job

Reply to wyn borkins (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 07:12 AM

Jun 18

Those fishes are all really small. For this job, what you need are a bunch of good old-fashioned 18-inch-long sailfin plecos, the kind they sell at aquarium stores claiming they don't grow and secretly thinking while they tell you that, "yeah, he'll be back in a month for a bigger tank."

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