Need Help Please!!!

[gregkarr09]

Hey guys....This question has been asked before but i have to ask... I have a 14 inch common pleco! (that I love) I just got a juvi flowerhorn 5 inches....and she is settling in and becoming territorial...now she has niped him a few of times and broke some fins up but i cant have the pleco die!! plus he is no puss...he comes right back at the flowerhorn and tries to kind of scratch her with his spiky ass fin!! do you think the pleco will be alright in the 55gal with this FH here are some photos....

 

[big dovii]

Why don't you ask someone in the Flowerhorn section?

 

[cichlid fiend]

dont no but he cant eat the pleco so they might just get used to each other

 

[nolapete]

Common plecos shouldn't be in a 55. They get far too big for it.

 

[gregkarr09]

damn!!!! I feel so bad!!!! Wont the pleco stop his growth to the tank!! I know he's stunting himself but he should not over grow it right????

 

[cichlid fiend]

i think he will out grow that tank boss

 

[gregkarr09]

damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[gregkarr09]

so what am i supposed to do I dont have room for a bigger tank????????

 

[cichlid fiend]

GO OUT AND GET ONE THAT ONLY GROWS LIKE 6 INCES

 

[balton777]

The FH will outgrow the 55 too and stunting a fish is cruel and unusual punishment.

Trade it for a smaller growing fish.