What is this fish the shop has sold me?

[Marne]

Asked in the aquatic shop for a small algae eater and was sold the tiniest of fish, was told it would only grow to a inch and a bit , not sure if the lad in the shop actualy knew what he was talking about and i will end up with a fish to big for the tank. It looks like a mini Pleco, at the moment its tiny (less then a cm long) and is stuck to the side of the tank, not sure how much alae he will consume as his too tiny. What is it?

[thisisyesterday]

yeah mine kept hiding too. in fact, DP didn't even believe me that I'd bought him as he didn't see him for about 2 weeks lol

[Marne]

Dh hasn't seen him yet , he seems to be hiding around the filter, doing a good job of cleaning up the algae which has settled on it.

[Marne]

We have decided its a bristle nose pleco (but still not 100% sure), just got a good look at her (we have decided its a she) as she has come out of hiding and is cleaning a big pepple at the bottom of the tank, she seems to be stoptty at the front and a bit stipey at the back. We have named her 'Heidi' (dd1's choice).