Is This Plec To Big For My Tank

[OBIE1]

Hi All,

I have inherited a 180 litre tank and it comes with this plec, would you say the plec needs to move to a bigger tank? if so do lfs take these?

 

[AdamHawk]

I would say that was certainly over the borderline now, and even keep it with nothing else in the tank would not be good either.

 

[KittyKat]

That looks like a common, they should have a 6+*2*2 ft aquarium. Every LFS is different, you need to ask yours.

 

[johnboy!]

Doesn't look like a common to me, might just be the pic, but it looks silver, commons are brown/black sort of colour

 

[xingumike]

Doesn't look like a common to me, might just be the pic, but it looks silver, commons are brown/black sort of colour

it is a 'common'

 

[johnboy!]

I'm not sure it is, looks far too "shallow" bodied for me!

 

[JenCliBee]

I'm not sure it is, looks far too "shallow" bodied for me!

I assure you, Mike is spot on with the ID lol

 

[johnboy!]

I'm not sure it is, looks far too "shallow" bodied for me!

I assure you, Mike is spot on with the ID lol

 

[xingumike]

I'm not sure it is, looks far too "shallow" bodied for me!

Whilst it does look quite vertically compressed in that photo I think that is just the angle.

 

[johnboy!]

I'm not sure it is, looks far too "shallow" bodied for me!

Whilst it does look quite vertically compressed in that photo I think that is just the angle.

I can see what you're saying actually, a decent pic would settle it though

 

[xingumike]

Trust me, those pictures are good enough to place it in the 'common' bracket

If you want to get technical I believe the lack of a vermiculated belly pattern identifies it as Pterygoplichthys pardalis.

 

[djlc2002]

That is a common plec as said above.

Really should be housed in a bigger tank 400 litres plus.

 

[OBIE1]

Plec now rehoused to a 500 litre Tank. The guy i gave it to didn't think it was a common. i'm not sure

 

[xingumike]

Plec now rehoused to a 500 litre Tank.

Good work