Cycling tank with pleco?

Jag586 · Apr 24, 2014

Don't kill be but i was wondering if I could help the cycling process on my 220 with a small 4 inch pleco it's still another month or two till I get my umbees if I keep an eye on water chem and since the tank is so big and pleco so small would it harm him?

If you say yes it will harm him I won't do it as I haven't bought the pleco yet

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duanes · Apr 24, 2014

A tiny pleco in a 220 would be fine, but whether that tiny fish would be enough to create enough waste to generate a cycle for the impact of the umbis at the time they are added, is the real question.
If the umbis are juvies it may work fine, if they are adults, or close to it, the lone pleco may be inadequate.

Drstrangelove · Apr 24, 2014

You don't need to use a fish to cycle the tank. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?224559-Cycling-and-You

The low bioload helps delay ammonia and nitrite poisoning, but doesn't eliminate it. Unless you want to do WC for the sake of one fish, I'd skip it. Besides, you can build the BB faster using ammonia at recommended dosages, rather than one small fish.

Jag586 · Apr 24, 2014

Pretty much as soon as I can sex the umbees I will add the umbees and using the pleco helps him to grow a lil and get used to the tank so using him to cycle is just a bonus

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