Blue an green phantoms

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Been eyeing these up for a while anyone got any info on them max size etc. Also will they be ok with other plecs got a panaque a bristle nose and a nugget. All are around 3" or less.


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I've seen some amazing green and even a golden versions of the phantom, but I personally own a blue. I actually disagree slightly with the previous comment. It's definitely a strong fish that throws around its weight when it wants something but it's never gotten aggressive with any of my fish; all of which are community and would be easily bullied with the exception of the black ghost knife. It shares the tank happily with my common pleco of identical size and is actually less active. I've actually seen it on my rope fish; which originally caused the rope to panic and swim away quickly kicking up sand but now that they have been together awhile, the blue phanton actually appears to clean the rope fish's body! It just lays there as the phantom goes down his back, and I've seen this process a good dozen times. My advice; with a big enough tank, ample rock caves setup, daily periods with the lights off, and proper tankmates I don't think you'd have an issue. He's even been coexisting with my 3 lobsters that he's a good inch bigger than.
 
Just have ample hiding places, clean water, well oxygenated water, feed it well and you will be fine!
 
In my experience they are agressive towards same specie... But if introduce at the same rime they typically do ok. Only had a problem when one has been in the tank for a while then introduce a new same specie, then the new one gets bullied.

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My l200's are very peaceful. Ive never seen and quarrels between any of them. I actually just took a few pics of my biggest one. Hes a little over 6". The pic was taken with my iphone so its quality is not the greatest.


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I've seen some amazing green and even a golden versions of the phantom, but I personally own a blue. I actually disagree slightly with the previous comment. It's definitely a strong fish that throws around its weight when it wants something but it's never gotten aggressive with any of my fish; all of which are community and would be easily bullied with the exception of the black ghost knife. It shares the tank happily with my common pleco of identical size and is actually less active. I've actually seen it on my rope fish; which originally caused the rope to panic and swim away quickly kicking up sand but now that they have been together awhile, the blue phanton actually appears to clean the rope fish's body! It just lays there as the phantom goes down his back, and I've seen this process a good dozen times. My advice; with a big enough tank, ample rock caves setup, daily periods with the lights off, and proper tankmates I don't think you'd have an issue. He's even been coexisting with my 3 lobsters that he's a good inch bigger than.

I was talking about being aggressive towards plecos, not community type fish or even cichlids for that matter.
 
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