What pleco for a convict tank?

[Lissaspence]

driftwood, peat moss.... etc.... a bristlenose is an algae eating machine and would do well in there IMO.

Don't the bristlenose get pretty big?

I vote for the spikey snails that were mentioned above. Since the covicts are so mean when they have fry it's pretty likely they will fin nip a pleco.

 

[jworth]

I wouldn't bother messing with the pH, that usually leads to more trouble than leaving it as it is. I would deal with the nitrates ASAP

i do agree with this. these convicts no doubt come from captive bred stock and can adjust to almost any pH except probably the real extremes obviously. i wouldn't worry about it. I do however disagree that the convicts will destroy a pleco.

 

[oakes]

My male convict was nipping at the fins of my rhino pleco in a 135gallon but I had other convicts that didn't bother my plecos. I think it just depends on the convict and if they're breeding or trying to breed.

 

[jworth]

bristlenose top out at 4-5" max and thats an old pleco.