Rubber-lipped Plec

[Tempestuousfury]

Max size?
Aggressive against other plecs? other fish? both?
No or a little tolerance to salt?
Minimum suggested size?

 

[wendywc]

Have you seen the index profile for them here?

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Nope, I did not check it out, but I did not think that all of those questions would be answered.

Questions left unanswered:
salt tolerance
aggressiveness when kept with other plecs (different or same species)
size: there seemed to be a difference of opinions on the size...

 

[wendywc]

I've heard them being territorial to their own kind and even to other plecos when they're adult. That's second hand info though; someone will probably pipe in with their personal experience.

 

[phlawed]

I've heard them being territorial to their own kind and even to other plecos when they're adult. That's second hand info though; someone will probably pipe in with their personal experience.

100% accurate. I have two rubberlips one was a 1.5-2" other is about a 3"+. The 1.5-2" rubberlip has not grown in over 4 months and gets harassed constintly if wafers are dropped into tank and smaller one tries to get a bite. They do not mix well in my eperience what so ever. I will be moving the smaller to a new tank soon and adding a BN to go with the larger. Lets see him bully around a 5"+ BN plec haha

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Ok. That's one question down.

Suggestion for anyone with the power to do so: ammend the index for the territoriality thing?