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Yeah, I gathered. The tank I mentioned in the other post was given to me by a family who had kept the common pleco in that 54 litre tank for about 6 years. As a result, it is extremely stunted at only 6 inches, so it thankfully has enough room in my 200 litre tank. I would otherwise rehome it...

That should be fine although I have heard that Dwarf Gouramis can be sickly, weak fish and are very susceptible to Dwarf Gourami Disease. I haven't kept any for a long time but perhaps there are better fish available of a similar size and disposition.

My main tank is 200 litres. I also have a 26 litre and a 28 litre tank.

I also tried to keep a Betta in an 8 litre vase (unfiltered but it did have a heater). Once I realised this was cruel I moved him to a 26 litre filtered heated tank but he did not live for much longer.

The fish were added around September in 2010. Most of the fish died within a week, but the Common Pleco and Black Widow Tetras are with me to this day.

Common pleco, 5 neon tetras, 4 black widow tetras, 2 zebra loaches and 2 dwarf gouramis in a 54l tank (all added at once without cycling) without a heater.   Ouch.

OK Hi, I'm Ollie and I've been keeping fish for about 3 years. I currently have two tanks; one 200L (50g) and one 25L (about 6g).    The 200L tank is a bit of a mess with a Common Pleco (that I stupidly took off someone's hands when I began keeping fish), 6 Rosy Barbs, 8 Black Widow Tetras, an...