I have a 52gal flatback hex with peacocks. It has sand and argonite substrate with holey rock. Is there an algea eating fish that is compatible with the peacocks that can thrive under these conditions? I don't want to put a fish in there that will just survive. I would like to find something that be at home in these conditions.
Pleco or algae eating catfish with peacocks
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bristle nose... but many pleco people say that these are not ideal conditions for them... I have seen it work many times.
algae eaters do the best with some driftwood from what i have found. so by adding a piece or 2 will help. i currently have 2 gold nuggets and 4 bristlenose in mine with peacocks and they are doing great. a standard sailfin i also have in there and doing good but i don't know how that sand bottom would work with it.
mike dunagan;2566229; said:
very true... it makes sense that since plecos come from acidic conditions that they wouldn't thrive so much in alkaline water. I have done it myself. they didn't live for very long. lost roughly 60 plecos between my albinos and regulars and they were all bristlenose. my regular plecos seemed to thrive but they don't do much as far s keeping algae controled. a large number of my tanks neverhad algae growth anyway. I kept snails in every tank and the only tanks I had algae problems in were the couple tanks I didn't have snails in.
Oh and sandy bottoms are fine for them. I had sand in just about every tank.
I have 4 plecos in my 110 Peacock/Hap tank. I have a bristlenose, a small tiger pleco, a false Zebra Pleco and a Green Phantom. I have sand substrate but also have a decent amount of driftwood. And the tank is heavily planted as well. So far everything is thriving...