Pleco and cichlids?

[tommybhermitage]

Anyone do it? I have a clown pleco in with my jag and oscar. Is it okay or will it not work?


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[haynchinook334]

I have a clown in with my 15" silver arow, a 12" indo tiger, 12" royal knife, 8" Oscar, 12" tsn and other fish. As long as you have a lot of cover for your clown, you should be fine.


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[tommybhermitage]

I have a huge piece of driftwood in the middle and rock caves all around, he usually is hiding i just heard if they try to eat it the spines will kill them


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[Thelatinofishlover]

i've had diffrent pleco with my cichlids, never had a problem, like said above provide some nice areas to hide

 

[woofy]

Never had a problem myself as long as they arent so small they would try to eat them whole.


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[tommybhermitage]

Eating them whole is the problem I was worried, jag and O are only about 4 inches or less, but clowns only get about 4 inches


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[Wesley M]

Plecos are a lot of times used with cichlid because of their armored appearance. People think that they will be protected but that is false. If a cichlid feels the need to dispatch a pleco it can and mist likely will (granted the cichlud is large enough to do so) A lot of people have no problems with them. I had a 4 inch jack Dempsey (I still have her) that killed a 6 inch pleco. I went without one for about a year and just bought a new pleco. It is slightly shorter than ny Dempsey pair and its still alive after a month. They bully him a little bit only If it goes to their side of the tank. Hopefully he sticks around because he's prettier than my last one!

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