Betta in 10 gal

[bigphesta]

I gave my buddy back his convicts (that were in my 10 gal) and moved my betta to a 10 gal along with the other fish that are now in there. I like this fish SO much better now that he's got some room to move. but my question: There's a bit of algae growing and I want to put in a pleco, what is the smallest pleco I can put in a tank and will a betta attack it (since they are usually brown)

 

[cutecotton]

well, if you get a common pleco it's going to grow to be huge, and obvoiuslyc an't fit in your 10g tank. I know there are species of plecos that are not so oversized, but i don't know their names (i don' thave a plec myself)

as for the betta, i doubt he'd try and attack the pleco.

 

[xXMrBonesXx]

id just give the tank a scrub, its only 10 gallons so it shouldnt be to bad

 

[SilverDollar_03]

yeah, i would just scrub it. 10 gallons couldnt hurt ya!

 

[jaimoe]

You could get like 3 or 4 ottos. They're little and they do a good job on the algae and they're peaceful. Get at least 3 though because they don't like to be alone. They only grow to be about an inch and a half so they'd be ok for a 10 gallon.

 

[wuvmybetta]

See,aside from the size factor, the thing is that most plecos prefer a hard,heavy, fast current. While a betta prefers calm water. How about a huge mystery snail? They'll rip up algae like nobodies business, plus your betta will enjoy scaring it all day

The smallest algae eater would be an otto. IME betta don't really care for them too much

 

[GuppyDude]

iv got a 10g with 2 corys and a pleco with my pair of gups and he does fine in a small tank, but i suppose if he gets oversized id have to take him to the pet store and get credit for him hes eats everything, my tank was covered in alge and in a single night hes ate almost all of it

 

[fourplayfishy]

yes plecos get huge i just had my plec for a while after my guppies died off and so i was puttin food in the tank just so it had something to eat got huge

 

[GuppyDude]

lol iv seen sum big ones but i dont think mine will reach that size i dont think he eats food, he just eats alge. right now hes only like 2 inches long. my 2 corys take care of the missed food

 

[mwm]

Busynose PLeco i think it called get 6" and it take forever