I have a 125g That currently has a mess of RH taps, blue acara, and heckelii that I am growing out and will be thinning the stock on soon. I am planning to get a few more plecos to add and am wondering what folks would choose with the current inhabitants. There is an L075 and L178(which I have had a hard time finding any real info on). They are both astonishingly active and eat nearly whatever is about. They tend to eat the NLS that's left over from the SA community and then they let a good biofilm build up on all the driftwood and clean it real good once a week. It's funny because the wife calls them the cleaners. One day the wood looks horrendous, the next is as new as the day I put it in.
The plecos I was looking at were the L24, L25, L200, L014, and L114. I keep the tank around 83*F and have a koralia 1500 powerhead that I run every other afternoon over the rocks I have set up (both the L075 and L178 love this and will move to that side of the tank and sit side by side in the high current that the powerhead pushes - it's really awesome to watch).
I have 2 XP-3's and 1 AC100 as far as filtration goes and do a biweekly 50-70% water change because I'm anal about it. I'd do it daily if I knew it wasn't a stresser for the fish.
All that said, what would you suggest from the list, or maybe something I haven't seen or thought of? As soon as I find a reasonably priced 300g, it's going in my office so grabbing an L-series that grows to 15" isn't a problem as long as I have at least 2 years to grow it out in the 125 (which fro some of the things I've read is easily doable given their slow growth rates)
My total budget including shipping is likely going to be between 4-500$
The plecos I was looking at were the L24, L25, L200, L014, and L114. I keep the tank around 83*F and have a koralia 1500 powerhead that I run every other afternoon over the rocks I have set up (both the L075 and L178 love this and will move to that side of the tank and sit side by side in the high current that the powerhead pushes - it's really awesome to watch).
I have 2 XP-3's and 1 AC100 as far as filtration goes and do a biweekly 50-70% water change because I'm anal about it. I'd do it daily if I knew it wasn't a stresser for the fish.
All that said, what would you suggest from the list, or maybe something I haven't seen or thought of? As soon as I find a reasonably priced 300g, it's going in my office so grabbing an L-series that grows to 15" isn't a problem as long as I have at least 2 years to grow it out in the 125 (which fro some of the things I've read is easily doable given their slow growth rates)
My total budget including shipping is likely going to be between 4-500$
