View Full Version : Are spotted gar and pleco compatible??
Hi dudes, just an enquiry... are spotted gar and pleco(any types) compatible??
i heard that the pleco will attack the gar and suck off it slim coat... is it true....
i have been wanting to keep a pleco in my tank but after hearing such bad news, i back off as my gar is in tip top condition....
if the rumours are untrue, pls advice me on what type of pleco i should get, now in my tank are 2 temensis, 1 senegal bichir, 1 spotted gar and 1 barramundi...
any help will be appreciated.... thanks... :naughty:
LMB guy
12-02-2005, 10:44 PM
Wow you should shoot the person that told ya that lol. Other catfish are more prime to have problems with slime coat, but it is totally untrue the only prob I have had with a plec is a vampire plecostomus runnin my common plec out of the tank.... but the vampire is quite ornery... also I would say they and brusselnose/bushynose plecs are really good and very hardy and cant go wrong with common plecs either...
Second that,only problems you will have with plecs and most fish is when fish are so ill they cannot move,pleco will then rasp on skin,never seen it done unless fish is near death.
posteo
12-03-2005, 10:40 AM
i have a gar and pleco in the same tank never had a problem
stotty
12-03-2005, 11:37 AM
the only reason i took the pleco out of mine was it was a S*&T machine 1 large pleco made more waste that the other fish in the tank he was in there to clean up bits of food and he was a git for digging up things
TONY60
12-03-2005, 12:06 PM
Postio. A question if I may. Does your gar require tiny sized foods? Where I live, gars can go 6 FEET in length. They have a tiny throat. Fishermen use tiny minnows to catch them. I know there are many gar species ans, I was wanting to know.
Postio. A question if I may. Does your gar require tiny sized foods? Where I live, gars can go 6 FEET in length. They have a tiny throat. Fishermen use tiny minnows to catch them. I know there are many gar species ans, I was wanting to know.
i feed my spotted gar cut market shrimp, feeder fish (mollies and small catfish) and small frogs, mine dun take pellets....
posteo
12-03-2005, 6:16 PM
Postio. A question if I may. Does your gar require tiny sized foods? Where I live, gars can go 6 FEET in length. They have a tiny throat. Fishermen use tiny minnows to catch them. I know there are many gar species ans, I was wanting to know.
no it can eat some big stuff kind of like a snake
stotty
12-04-2005, 5:50 AM
mine eats dogs (large ones) :ROFL:
I have caught gar using sunnies for bait. With the Barrumundi and spotted gar you will probably want to avoid the smaller fancy plecos, other than that you should have no problems. Some plecos like some loaches will suck on slime coats but as stated before most fish just swim away.
Oooo... thanks, so any suggestion of what kind of pleco should i get??
And my pair of temensis died yesterday for no apparent reasons, they were perfectly alright, no sign of any illness.... reallly got me wonder.... they are reared from about 3 inches to now 6-7 inches.... oh man, really sad that they just leave me like that... :cry:
now in my tank, left only 1 spotted gar, 1 barrumundi and 1 senegal bichir.... :swear: