Hi
Is there any type of pleco/cory that would be safe with and from
goldfish...something that is 10-15 cm at the biggest...to suit a heated ph7
198 gallon tank?
I need something different in there....
Cheers
Posted by dfreas on March 18, 2005, 7:01 am
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Just about any pl*co will be fine with goldfish with the exception of
some of the more expensive ones that might not tolerate cold
temperatures as well. You say your tank is heated - be careful with
that. You can do it (I have) but if you don't have a good source of
aeration high temps will stress your goldfish, they like 68 F temps or
thereabouts.
A common pl*co will get bigger than 10-15 cm but not for a while - they
grow fast up to about 6" and then slow down quite a bit so you might
consider just getting one of them with the idea that in a little over a
year or two you might need to either get a bigger tank or trade him in
to the LFS for store credit. If you don't want to do that then a Clown
Pl*co will work well since they don't get very big and are fairly
cheap. There are many other types of small pl*cos and most will do well
under your conditions.
Go to your LFS and any pl*co that is less than $20 will probably do
just fine - anything that costs more than that will probably need
special considerations.
-Daniel
Posted by Angrie.Woman on March 18, 2005, 10:21 am
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> > Go to your LFS and any pl*co that is less than $20 will probably do > just fine - anything that costs more than that will probably need > special considerations. > > -Daniel
I don't think that's right. Plecos will suck the slime on GF.
Angela
Posted by CanadianCray on March 18, 2005, 4:32 pm
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PLecos will only go after fish if they are not being fed well enough. Also
they usually only do this when bigger.
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Craig Williams
> > I don't think that's right. Plecos will suck the slime on GF. > > Angela >
Posted by dfreas on March 18, 2005, 6:01 pm
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I kept a pl*co with a lionhead and two black moors and never had a
single problem. They liked eachother quite a bit. While it may be
possible for a pl*co to go after a goldfish I don't think it would
happen unless the conditions in the tank were much less than optimal.
In fact I've never seen a pl*co go after any fish. The most aggressive
thing my pl*co has ever done is nose other fish out of the way when
they were trying to steal his algae wafer.
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> Go to your LFS and any pl*co that is less than $20 will probably do
> just fine - anything that costs more than that will probably need
> special considerations.
>
> -Daniel