What family of fish are those algae eaters from. I not sure of the spelling, something like plecomus?

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You mean a Plecostomus, or pleco for short. Here's a profile of one species sold under the common name "Common Pleco" or just pleco.

http://www.fishlore.com/profiles-pleco.h...

Hope that helps

MM

There are several types of algae eaters but the Plecostomus belongs to the family Loricariidae...the largest family of catfish.

Here is a great link..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pleco...
Plecostomus
The common plecostomus is well known as an algae eater and can often be found stuck to the side of your aquarium. Many will get very large with the common variety getting to be almost 18 inches (46 cm) and will outgrow most aquariums under 55 gallons.
plecostomus is a type of sucker cat fish

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