Put 2 BEC together
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This post appears to be more of a statement than a question.
Generally not considered to be a good move. I cannot speak from direct experience with mixing multiples in the one tank. I do however have a BEC that is about the same size at ~25cm/10". It shares an 8x3x2 with a colony of adult L014 and is the boss of the tank. I also recently had to reshuffle some fish around due to replacing an existing display. This meant that two large 30cm + Albino Gibbi's shared the tank with the BEC/L014. The BEC made pretty short work of the new comers and inflicted a decent amount of non-life threatening damage on the much larger Gibbi's in a relatively short amount of time. They spent most of the two weeks huddled up in the corner of the tank near the wavemakers.
It is worth a shot? Maybe. Based on my own experiences and the relatively small tank size at 4x2x2 the likelihood of success is limited and I would make sure you have a keen eye and an alternative arrangement if things don't go well. Good luck.
Generally not considered to be a good move. I cannot speak from direct experience with mixing multiples in the one tank. I do however have a BEC that is about the same size at ~25cm/10". It shares an 8x3x2 with a colony of adult L014 and is the boss of the tank. I also recently had to reshuffle some fish around due to replacing an existing display. This meant that two large 30cm + Albino Gibbi's shared the tank with the BEC/L014. The BEC made pretty short work of the new comers and inflicted a decent amount of non-life threatening damage on the much larger Gibbi's in a relatively short amount of time. They spent most of the two weeks huddled up in the corner of the tank near the wavemakers.
It is worth a shot? Maybe. Based on my own experiences and the relatively small tank size at 4x2x2 the likelihood of success is limited and I would make sure you have a keen eye and an alternative arrangement if things don't go well. Good luck.
Thanks for the words
The plan didnt go well due 1 BEC arrived with fin rot. The bigger BEC is inside 422 together with other plecos. The original boss L96 inside this tank give up its favourite drift wood cave to this BEC.
The other BEC with very bad fin rot is currently in hospital tank. It will be housed on another 3ft tank with L183 and L177 when it recover
The plan didnt go well due 1 BEC arrived with fin rot. The bigger BEC is inside 422 together with other plecos. The original boss L96 inside this tank give up its favourite drift wood cave to this BEC.
The other BEC with very bad fin rot is currently in hospital tank. It will be housed on another 3ft tank with L183 and L177 when it recover