Plecs And Plants

[bazzbeen]

IM THINKING GETTING SOME LIVE PLANTS FOR TANK,I CURRENTLY HAVE A PLEC IN MY TANK,WILL THE PLANTS SURVIVE IN A TANK WITH A PLEC CAUSE THERE SUPPOSED TO EAT LIVE PLANTS

 

[MikeO]

Please do not use all caps as it gives the impression that you are shouting

 

[Carlovel1]

IM THINKING GETTING SOME LIVE PLANTS FOR TANK,I CURRENTLY HAVE A PLEC IN MY TANK,WILL THE PLANTS SURVIVE IN A TANK WITH A PLEC CAUSE THERE SUPPOSED TO EAT LIVE PLANTS

What species of Pleco do you have? There are hundreds of species

 

[bazzbeen]

Ive looked at some photos on the net,and im sure mines is a pleco,and its around an inch and a half long,hope this helps!

 

[MikeO]

Ive looked at some photos on the net,and im sure mines is a pleco,and its around an inch and a half long,hope this helps!

What Carlovel1 meant was there are hundereds of speicies of pleco, not catfish in general.

To give you an idea have a look here: http/www.planetcatfish.com/ at the cat-Elog - The L / LDA numbers catalouge known species......

A picture would probably help here.

 

[Proxo]

I'm wanting to put live plants into one of my tanks however there's a marble plec in there, would it eat the plants?

P.S 100 POSTS!!

 

[bazzbeen]

cheers for that,the species of plec that i have is hypostomus punctatus if thats any help

 

[Carlovel1]

cheers for that,the species of plec that i have is hypostomus punctatus if thats any help

IFAIK that species does not eat plants. I had one with plants years ago for a couple of years and it didn't eat a single plant. Note that it is a large species and needs a large tank

 

[bazzbeen]

i have a 170l tank will that be big enough?