I love Royal Plecos but damn....

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Yup,
I want to get a Royal, but this is what is stopping me.
Don't want all the wood in my tank to be destroyed, and don't want the mess that would go with that.
 
Unless u have an army of them, I'm pretty sure u are safe for a couple of years. And the only mess they leave is their bio. But its alot of bio.

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What's up, Fishgeek! Maybe an additional canister (or 2?) strictly for mechanical filtration. Attach a pre-filter sponge onto the intake, and onto your other powerhead, as well. Nice stocklist btw, would love to see a FTS?!! :popcorn:
 
Change your wood type. I had three (only two now) Royals that are about 7" each and my saw dust is minimal. I feed half a zucchini twice a week and the next day or so I have tons of poop shaped zucchini pellets blowing around the tank but that's about the worst of it. I also have a lot of plecos and am not blaming all of that mess on just the royals. If you have that much wood in your tank you may want to use a slightly more dense driftwood.
 
yes feed it wafers and it will chew less on your wood! sup bubba, didn't know you were into plecos...hows the little guy I gave you doing?
 
Wow never new a pleco could be this much trouble to keep I have a 8 inch l330 and 4 othere s and its nt that bad I'm also buying a 7 inch l190 tomorrow hopefully it doesn't get worse . But I would get some denser drift wood and a ac110 works for me. Either way hope it all works out good luck.
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Yoda1, I wouldn't say they ruin wood but they do create a lot of floating particles as a result. They sure are beautiful though!

Phulltanks57, What's up bud!? been a long time. I'm just getting back into fish.

tigerjace, Was it the tiny L114 i picked up from you? He's a cute little guy and hides all the time so it's a treat when I get to see him. I have him in a bare bottom discus tank w/ minimal decor so I can see where he rests at any given time.

Regarding wood types.. I noticed the Royals like the soft manzanita more than the malaysian drift wood so I prefer to keep it in there despite the sawdust.

I have managed to minimize the sawdust by always keeping a full piece of zucchini in the tank. It disappears after three days by which time I do a water change and clean filters. The tank and I have found a rhythm so long as I keep this up. I know its a touch overstocked and it doesn't help that I added two baby oscars recently on impulse but it is my grow out tank while I hunt for my 480g or 600g!!!
 
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