Jaguar Pair Compatible with Pleco?

[Mystus Redtail]

I guess my question is apparent. For background, the male is >10" and the female is <7" They recently attempted spawning their second time since I've had them, but it failed due to fungus(their first spawn went off without a hitch).

A couple months ago as I was removing the remaining fingerlings from the first spawn I noticed green algae starting. It has grown stringy like grass. It is on the back glass, coming down from the inside of the lid under the light(I scraped it off with a razor so that part is gone), and all over the top of the undergravel filter that they exposed while nest building.

2 parts to the question I guess, would the algae even be eaten by the pleco? This is not the slime algae that grows from one central point, it forms like brown algae, then grows long stringy, grass-like parts.

The pair is pretty calm when they're not protecting their brood so I think that the individual temperaments of the fish would allow for a plec.

I would like to put the pleco in there for just a temporary fix of the algae and pull him out before they attempt breeding again.

I would like your opinions, should I go ahead and keep a close eye on it, or forget it and move on to chemical alternatives?

White spot pleco 7"+

 

[Mystus Redtail]

The tank is an 125g too, I forgot to mention that.

 

[benzjamin13]

I wouldn't try it with any breeding pair, but if you think they're mellow...why not. Just make sure you got plenty of hiding spots on the opposite side of the breeding site and keep an eye on them.

 

[franchise513]

just an fyi,c plecos will create more waist they eat, just thought i would let you no. and also i wouldnt try it, breeding pairs can be down right nasty

 

[Fisheyes]

My Jags would go nuts if I put anything in w/ them. The fact that the Eggs were not Fertile would concern me more than the algae. Jags are usually excellent parents and can raise fry in tanks with algae. I would maybe keep the lighting low and try to remove the algae as much as possible by hand before I would put a Pleco in there.

 

[terd ferguson]

I've had much better results with a synodontis instead of a pleco. The synodontis eats way more algea and ALL uneaten food on the bottom. And as long as the synodontis stays away from the eggs and fry, my breeding jags (and loisellis and motas) tolerate them just fine. Another selling point for the synodontis is that it creates a fraction of the waste of a pleco. I've got a eupterus (featherfin). It's so good at what it does, I'm getting another.

 

[Spaz]

I've had much better results with a synodontis instead of a pleco. The synodontis eats way more algea and ALL uneaten food on the bottom. And as long as the synodontis stays away from the eggs and fry, my breeding jags (and loisellis and motas) tolerate them just fine. Another selling point for the synodontis is that it creates a fraction of the waste of a pleco. I've got a eupterus (featherfin). It's so good at what it does, I'm getting another.

Good info turd! i didn't know that.

 

[Mystus Redtail]

Hmmm, that's interesting. We have a BIG syno at work that is gorgeous, that no one wants, he's probably 5-6" long and really round. The nest site is on the left end of the tank but after the eggs died off they hang out on the right side. There is only one 3 ft light in the middle of the tank and that is where the algae is concentrated. They have cleared three spots: left, middle, right, like a snowman.

 

[Rakie]

just an fyi,c plecos will create more waist they eat, just thought i would let you no. and also i wouldnt try it, breeding pairs can be down right nasty

Do *ANY* pleco's actually not add more waste ?

 

[Mystus Redtail]

It's not really the waste that bothers me, I do frequent water changes and gravel vac and such, its the algae that I can't get rid of. It's way easier to suck out the pleco poop than scrub green algae off of everything.