Ottos and Bristlenose

[Diesel]

Can these be placed in the same tank together?! Im setting up a 72 gallon bowfront plant, discus tank..and trying to figure out what im going to do with the algae situation. Any ideas? Advice?

If im not mistaken you can really only have 1 male bristlenose per tank, there territorial, no? Which leads me to believe if you have another bottom feader, such as a school of ottos they would attack them and cause problems in the tank for the discus.

Thanks

[kevkoi]

They're aggression is mostly conspecific (ie they don't like their own kind). That said, they're territory is about 2ft in diameter, so if you've got a big enough tank, 2males with a number of females in a tank is not a problem.

Otos will be fine with them. I have a planted 1'x 1' x 18"high tank with one pair of albino bristlenose and 6 Otos going for nearly 8months now with no problems. I even had a royal whiptail (Sturisoma panamense) in there for a short while without any problems.