EBJD's and Plecos

[oakes]

So I finally have my 135gallon setup with all my pleco's in it, 7" common, 5" rhino, 4.5" L001, 4" BN..Question is, I'm thinking of getting 10-15 EBJD's, would they be a good or would they pick on the pleco's too much? I do plan on selling some of them once they get larger and going to keep the rest, so they all won't be in this tank for life.

 

[peathenster]

They should be fine, and having a group might even be better. Mine only pay attention to each other and don't even bother the SAEs.

 

[Sarah88]

yeah should be fine IME most cichlids will ignore bottom dwelling fish if there are other cichlids in the tank

 

[oakes]

Sounds great, now I just need to wait for the fish to get here and I'll find out if they do good or not. Thanks for the replies.

 

[Crazylogix]

Presently have EBJD And Gib. Pleco Works Fine! the only fish being slap by the pleco is the Green terror! when he came in is cavern. Most of the time everything works well no mess.

 

[sinned77]

Hope to see pics of your EBJD's

 

[Sarah88]

Hope to see pics of your EBJD's

never seen pics of a whole school of them before only the one or 2 some people get, a big school of them would look AWESOME

 

[oakes]

I'll def. get some pics once I get them. I'll be getting 15, either end of this week or next week.

 

[Toby_H]

I've kept Blue Dempseys and Plecos together at multiple stages/sizes for each... never had any problems...

Keeping a school of Blue Dempseys together may prove a little more difficult...

I've bought 8~12 several times and raised them together as a group. They do great until they reach sexual maturity. Then a pair breaks away from the group and claims a large section of the tank, then another pair breaks off and claims a large portion of the tank... before you know it you have a bunch og dead/stressed Blue Dempseys...

But until they reach sexual maturity they are adorable!

 

[Sarah88]

awww they are sooo gorgeous especially all them swimming together like that, and yeah i think the op said once they got bigger he was going to rehome some of them, wish i could get a EBJD just i think with my current planned stocklist im already pushing it LOL i need a bigger tank!!