Another thing to consider is that both the flash and royals need wood in their diet and lots of it.
Can i have diffrent types together happly ?
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fishnatics;2914725; said:
I have loads of wood for the tank, and can get it cheap from my LFS if i do anymore .
What i am thinking now is - Golen Nugget , Clown , Flash and Mustard Pleco
along with my 2 Common's , a large school of Ram's , Barb's , Tetra's and Danio's ?
With the tank full of wood , caves and a few fake plants hanging into the tank .
I have done and still am doing it.
Currently i'm housing one Gold Nugget (L018), one Peppermint (L031), one Clown (L104?), and one ABN (L144) in a 29 gallon community. Up until a few weeks ago when I rehomed it, there was also a Leopard Frog Pleco (L134) in there. I got the ABN when my Queen Arabesque (L260) randomly died for no apparent reason right after the ban.
Just make sure there are plenty of caves (I try to have enough for any fish that would use one and one extra), and make sure everyone gets fed well. A lot of the more ornamental plecos don't wander about much, but if you can handle months of waiting and suppress any desire to rearrange the tank, they will eventually be out and about. You can also kind of train them to be ok with it by putting chunks of zuchinni or whatever in exposed places.
It's also useful that the Bristlenose Plecos stay smaller and actually eat algae and tend to get along ok with other smaller plecos. If you get one, it will be your most active Pleco for awhile, so it's worth it to spend a bit more on a longfin or an albino longfin or whatever.
Agression only happens when the Gold Nugget trys to go into the Peppermint's cave, and it's all show. They both know the Peppermint is bigger. The Peppermint will happily accept almost any other visitors (including the other plecos), and I know of six fish in my tank that call the same cave home, so maybe it's the spots. I honestly don't know. They have never damaged each other or seriously fought.
Each time you add a new pleco watch for awhile to make sure you don't need to make some new and different caves. They can be really picky, and this is where most agression problems would arise. My peppermint has been guarding the same cave for three years.
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I don't think I would ever attempt a multi-Pleco tank that included commons. They produce way too much waste and look too dull and get too big. With how much it costs to buy the more ornamental Plecos and how long it takes to grow them out, it just seems like a bad idea.
Currently i'm housing one Gold Nugget (L018), one Peppermint (L031), one Clown (L104?), and one ABN (L144) in a 29 gallon community. Up until a few weeks ago when I rehomed it, there was also a Leopard Frog Pleco (L134) in there. I got the ABN when my Queen Arabesque (L260) randomly died for no apparent reason right after the ban.
Just make sure there are plenty of caves (I try to have enough for any fish that would use one and one extra), and make sure everyone gets fed well. A lot of the more ornamental plecos don't wander about much, but if you can handle months of waiting and suppress any desire to rearrange the tank, they will eventually be out and about. You can also kind of train them to be ok with it by putting chunks of zuchinni or whatever in exposed places.
It's also useful that the Bristlenose Plecos stay smaller and actually eat algae and tend to get along ok with other smaller plecos. If you get one, it will be your most active Pleco for awhile, so it's worth it to spend a bit more on a longfin or an albino longfin or whatever.
Agression only happens when the Gold Nugget trys to go into the Peppermint's cave, and it's all show. They both know the Peppermint is bigger. The Peppermint will happily accept almost any other visitors (including the other plecos), and I know of six fish in my tank that call the same cave home, so maybe it's the spots. I honestly don't know. They have never damaged each other or seriously fought.
Each time you add a new pleco watch for awhile to make sure you don't need to make some new and different caves. They can be really picky, and this is where most agression problems would arise. My peppermint has been guarding the same cave for three years.
Edit:
I don't think I would ever attempt a multi-Pleco tank that included commons. They produce way too much waste and look too dull and get too big. With how much it costs to buy the more ornamental Plecos and how long it takes to grow them out, it just seems like a bad idea.
Thanks for the Info Chesseb0y .
Only probly i have really have is that the Commons the size there are and that when i do get the other Pleco's the size diffrent the commons are 10 and 12inch and the new ones would only be about 3/ 4inch .
Would that be a problem ?
I could get rid of my two Common's at my LFS but probliy not get anything for them if they are going to be very big problem with the others .
Only probly i have really have is that the Commons the size there are and that when i do get the other Pleco's the size diffrent the commons are 10 and 12inch and the new ones would only be about 3/ 4inch .
Would that be a problem ?
I could get rid of my two Common's at my LFS but probliy not get anything for them if they are going to be very big problem with the others .
well the clown pleco only tops out at about 3 inches. I hate to say it but I would look at trying to find a home for your commons if you are gonna get into L#ed pleco's as once you start you cant stop. I started with a gold nugget now I have 17 plecos I think.
Ill see if my LFS will take the Common's off me .
I am sort of really wanting to do this tank now with aload of Pleco's and with the Ram's and Barbs , ect .
I was still in two minds a few days back to ever do a Pleco tank or the Angel tank , or even do something else with the tank .
But now i am priceing up the Pleco and researching alot more about them , with what thet like in the tank ( wood , caves , Ect ) and thier diets .
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If i went with - the Golen Nugget , Clown , Flash and Mustard Pleco's and got rid of my Common's .
How many of each could i get for the 4x2x2Foot 120 US Gal Tank ?
And are Ram's , Tiger Barb , Cherry Barb , Lemon Barb , Ember tetra , Penguin Tetra and Buenos Aires Tetra all ok with Pleco ? Or even any other fish you think could work well in the tank with the Pleco ?
I am sort of really wanting to do this tank now with aload of Pleco's and with the Ram's and Barbs , ect .
I was still in two minds a few days back to ever do a Pleco tank or the Angel tank , or even do something else with the tank .
But now i am priceing up the Pleco and researching alot more about them , with what thet like in the tank ( wood , caves , Ect ) and thier diets .
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If i went with - the Golen Nugget , Clown , Flash and Mustard Pleco's and got rid of my Common's .
How many of each could i get for the 4x2x2Foot 120 US Gal Tank ?
And are Ram's , Tiger Barb , Cherry Barb , Lemon Barb , Ember tetra , Penguin Tetra and Buenos Aires Tetra all ok with Pleco ? Or even any other fish you think could work well in the tank with the Pleco ?
Gold nugget can grow around 14" so I'd go with one of them. When I was researching my L-205 that grows around 4"(around the size of the rest of the plecos you picked) I found info on planet catfish.com that said to give each pleco around 12 square inches per each pleco.
i have a gold nugget and a royal together. the nuggets fins are a lil frayed but he is the one that starts it. just some inside info for ya.
