Whats the biggest pleco i can get for a 55 gallon?

[taylor the beast]

I was thinking a leopard or sail fin pleco but im not sure if they get to big?
I know they produce a lot of waste but I have an oversized filter with 1 angle and 1 Senegal Bichir in there atm so.

 

[Red_Man]

Plecos are as dirty as they come. Used to keep them and got tired of the poop decorations they leave everywhere. You will have to keep up on your pre-filters and still have to siphon out poop every couple days. I never found a happy medium with plecos. They are big and pretty and messy, or small and pretty and hide all the time. There are a million Pleco reference pages and forums sourced by a google search that will show pics of the fish with L # and scientific name or common name and even sometimes all of the above.

 

[taylor the beast]

Plecos are as dirty as they come. Used to keep them and got tired of the poop decorations they leave everywhere. You will have to keep up on your pre-filters and still have to siphon out poop every couple days. I never found a happy medium with plecos. They are big and pretty and messy, or small and pretty and hide all the time. There are a million Pleco reference pages and forums sourced by a google search that will show pics of the fish with L # and scientific name or common name and even sometimes all of the above.

umm hear I you,used to have them but I like big fish so whats the biggest fish that could go in my 55 gal with my sengal and angle???? could a common pleco go in there?

 

[Thekid]

None. Plecos will eat the slime coat off the Senegal.

 

[taylor the beast]

None. Plecos will eat the slime coat off the Senegal.

oh I love catfish

 

[slippery slimecoat]

Plecos will not always suck the slime coat off fish like birchir, but it is a possibility. If by leopard pleco, you mean leopard cactus (L114 pseudacanthicus leopardus), it and the sailfin (pterygoplichthys gibbiceps) both will grow much too large for your tank.

 

[taylor the beast]

Plecos will not always suck the slime coat off fish like birchir, but it is a possibility. If by leopard pleco, you mean leopard cactus (L114 pseudacanthicus leopardus), it and the sailfin (pterygoplichthys gibbiceps) both will grow much too large for your tank.

okay just what I thought well what are the ones that can go in my tank then? apart from the bristlenose plec clown plec and rubbernose plec any others?

 

[slippery slimecoat]

I was more into the larger plecos when I kept them. But a few of the smaller ones off the top of my head are queen arabesque, king tiger, green phantom, blue phantom...

 

[alecrromine]

Go to planetcatfish.com
-> Select the "cat-elog" tab
-> enter "loricariidae" in the family name
-> enter the maximum size that you are looking for

That should give you decent results

 

[taylor the beast]

Go to planetcatfish.com
-> Select the "cat-elog" tab
-> enter "loricariidae" in the family name
-> enter the maximum size that you are looking for

That should give you decent results

thanks man really helpful