So I'm picking up quite a bit of plecos. L48, L114, L14, L240, L128. They will all be around 2-4" and will be house in a 75 gallon with plenty of wood/hiding spots. I also plan to feed them sinking hikari cichlid gold. AC 110 filter. Temperature ~82. See any problems?
See anything wrong?
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Some of those species require more vegetable matter than just cichlid gold; get some algae wafers. Is the tank already cycled? Any other stock in there?
Nowhere near enough flow or filtration IMO. And the diet needs work. Pellets are a good supplement to the usual seafood and veggies they require.
And maybe move some of the fish in to other tanks. For example, L114 are more aggressive than L14, generally.
Pleco combination is fine. Filter is not enough IMO. You will need more oxygen, smaller plecos are more sensitive and will need it. I have a FX5, Rena XP3, Air Stone, and UV in my 75gal for my plecos. That is overkill...having one of these canister or something similar will suffice. Throwing in 2 sponge filter will take care of your oxygen and bump up your filtration although ugly. I prefer NLS Thera-A and Hikari Sinking Cichlid Excel over Hikari Gold.
yup definitely not enough filtration, I run 2 AC110 on my 90 gallon with a Fluval 204 for my small pleco grow out, and lots of aeration in the tank, 2 whisper 100 running 2 6" discs stones.