Small species of pleco for 10g tank?

[rudukai13]

If anyone has any suggestions please post them up. Pictures and scientific names would be helpful. And before anyone says anything, yes I'd prefer to have a larger tank too, but this is for a school apartment and the terms of the lease say nothing larger than a 10g

 

[john73738]

Not busting you chops for tank size but, most plecos get around 4"-18". For a 10G tank I personally go with a chinese algae eater or shrimp. I think that this would be the best bang for your buck. Having said that if you really want the pleco then either the:

Bushy Nose Pleco (Ancistrus sp.) or the Thomasi Pleco (L-187b) (Chaestostoma thomasi) (my favorite) would be a good choice. They get at most 6". If you go by the outdated 1 inch per gallon rule, well do the math.

So just my opinion, but I hope this helps.

Good Luck

BTW got this from Liveaquaria.com Love that site, great information.

 

[Morganj2]

CAE's get over 5inches, id go with the bushy nose pleco!

 

[guanl23]

how about a clown pleco? here's a link
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=734

 

[Warborg]

LDA025 is the smallest one I know of, they stay about the size of an otto

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=236

X2 on the comment with CAE getting too big, I had 2 before that were 8 inches

 

[brich999]

Id say like a clown or something. Avoid common, sail fin, and royal and you will be good for a while. Pleco grow relatively slow and other than a common, you won't have any trouble getting rid of him if he gets too big. I had a common almost 20" but I was told he was probable older than my (im23)

 

[smitty03281964]

First you do not need to apologize for the size of your tank. Many people here with much larger tanks don't have a clue what they are doing. The clown plecos are a good choice.

 

[Warborg]

The only problem with clowns are they are lazy even for a pleco. Also if you do go with a clown you do need driftwood. While most plecos like driftwood, clowns need it.

 

[crisper]

Bull dog pleco max out at around 5",could be an option. However a 10g is a little on the small side for any pleco. A 20g would be ideal.

 

[Pomatomus]

Red loricaria Rineloricaria lanceolata stay under 4" and are super skinny. Not as good an algae eater as some other plecos, but a cool fish. I have one in my planted tank.