[GSAS-Member] Can't keep plecos alive?

[Laurel Larsen <laurelthequeen@gmail.com>]

So in my 29 gallon Tanganyika cube tank with 5 adult multies(+ loads  
of babies) and 2 adult julies, I can't seem to keep bristlenosed  
plecos alive.  My first one was fairly small, probably only 2" long,  
and survived for 5 weeks until he croaked, and did no appear to have  
any physical damage.  A week later, I bought a wild-caught fully grown  
bn pleco for the tank, and he was fine for about 5 weeks again.  He  
stayed busy eating algae, and when it was all gone, I started feeding  
him algae wafers.  When the algae started coming back, I stopped  
feeding him, and a week later, he's nowhere to be found and I have  
loads of algae covering everything in the tank.  I assume that he's  
dead, but I can't see him in any of the nooks and crannies in the  
tank(but a 5" fish doesn't just vanish into thin air), and he's  
certainly not in his regular hiding spot.  All I can figure is that  
he's dead again.  I have 2 smaller ones that I've had for a few months  
in my 75 gallon tank that are active and hold their own against my  
mbuna.  Is there anything that I could put in a small tank like this  
to keep algae at bay?  I adore this tank, but everything covered in  
brown and green algae is making it lose it's charm, despite all of the  
babies.

Thanks,
Laurel
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