Pleco And Cae

[chishnfips]

I recently put a CAE in my main tank form my smaller one as I am selling it the tank, But I was wondering how the CAE will get on with my pleco. I know plecos might get terratorial......any ideas?

 

[@ombomb]

More likely the aggresion will come from the CAE I'd fo though.

What type of plec is it?

How big are the two fish?

What size tank?

 

[chishnfips]

The plec is about 4-5 inches and is a L100 and the CAE is about 1-2 inches.

the tank is 4ft x 15inches x 18 inches.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

The CAE will most likely out compete the plec for food because they have big apetites, move very fast and are very effective algae eaters- the CAE will also most likely become agressive towards the plec as it grows, especially if they are sharing the same food sources.

 

[chishnfips]

Ok, he is small at the moment but if starts getting aggressive I suppose I am best to move him.

 

[Bloo]

My current CAE has been in my tank for almost 3 years now and is probably about 3 - 3.5 " or so. With it I have as bottom dwellers and L200, Pictus, USD cat, Kuhli Loach & 2 Botia Kubotai. All of them are hanky dory and get along fine and have been for at least 2 years (some of the other's I haven't had as long as the CAE) but at one stage I also had a 3.5" bristlenose as well as a 4" Striped Raphael Catfish. All of them were absolutely fine but I'm sure the day will come when things change.

By then I'll hopefully have a larger tank