Tips for an all pleco tank

[Frostyone]

You have quite a few feet of pleco there!

I'm not done yet still a few more in store I want to get along with another L-203! The 75 would only be for a few months, then they'll go in the 125 the afro's are in, they'll hopefully be going in a 240 long.

 

[Musha]

Dude I cant wait until WED. Were on opposite sides of cichlids but both dig Pleco's.

 

[Frostyone]

Dude I cant wait until WED. Were on opposite sides of cichlids but both dig Pleco's.

Let me know which one's you want and I'll pick em up with my discount for you, and you can either swing by around 10PM that night to get em or just come by Thursday evening. I don't work that night.

 

[WyldFya]

I'm not done yet still a few more in store I want to get along with another L-203! The 75 would only be for a few months, then they'll go in the 125 the afro's are in, they'll hopefully be going in a 240 long.

Your going to need a bigger tank than a 240 for those guys. Oddball use to have one in a 265 I believe.

 

[WyldFya]

Thanks for the tips, until I get a larger tank for my living room they're going to go in a 75. Right now I have the 3.5" L-203, 4" L-081, 2x9" commons, and a 4" sailfin. I plan on having the wet/dry intake from one side of the tank and return on the other and having the water flowing pretty well from left to right with the aid of a powerhead or two closer to the bottom to help keep the waste suspended. The two wet/dry's I'll make out of 30 gallon tanks with bio media in 24" of the 36" of the tank, this should handle the huge bio-load of these guys. Going to make one for now to put on the 75.

So what temp and ph do they really thrive at? My commons and GN are doing fine in my African tank which is at 79F and 8.2 PH, but I know they are from the south american region which typically has a little lower PH, my tap water is dead on 7. I plan on lot's of bog root and driftwood for em to chew on, which should lower it a little bit. I know in my planted tank it sits around 6.8. That's just with adding two large pieces of driftwood.

I wouldn't mind trying to breed some of these too, any tips on that?

If you want to breed, start with bristlenose.

 

[Frostyone]

Your going to need a bigger tank than a 240 for those guys. Oddball use to have one in a 265 I believe.

What do you think about those new square tanks, I think from Perfecto? Or are they Oceanic? We have a 36x36x36 150 gallon, they make a 48x48x48 also. I think that'd be plently of space for a 2'+ monster pleco.

*edit*
Here's the thread about them
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150522

6'x3' should do it, yea?

 

[Frostyone]

If you want to breed, start with bristlenose.

I though about that. There's a local bristlenose breeder very close to me. He's got some babies now (bout 1") I'm waiting until they grow out a little more before I pick up any from him.

 

[davo]

I though about that. There's a local bristlenose breeder very close to me. He's got some babies now (bout 1") I'm waiting until they grow out a little more before I pick up any from him.

If you go for bristlenose, wait until they can be sexed and take just one female and multiple females. Male Ancistrus of the same species don't become friends

 

[Frostyone]

If you go for bristlenose, wait until they can be sexed and take just one female and multiple females. Male Ancistrus of the same species don't become friends

So I've heard, he's got regular ones and albino's. I've never been a fan of albino anything though.

 

[davo]

What do you think about those new square tanks, I think from Perfecto? Or are they Oceanic? We have a 36x36x36 150 gallon, they make a 48x48x48 also. I think that'd be plently of space for a 2'+ monster pleco.

*edit*
Here's the thread about them
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150522

6'x3' should do it, yea?

You have 2 that will reach 14"+, 1 that is 2 foot, and one in excess of that. Not sure if 36x36x36 will be enough. Not to mention you wouldn't need all that height when you want a larger footprint.