Should I Get A Clown Pleco?

[CBBP]

I want a clown pleco. I had one once but took it back the next day when i realized I had no wood for him to chew on. They are rather beautiful fish and I have always wanted on. now that i am going to be placing wood in one of my tanks I want one of these beautiful fish. I have some questions though.

I currently have:
30 or so pepper cories (bunches of babies)
13 black skirt tetras
9 amano shrimp

Soon to Add:
13 Emperor tetras
13 bleeding heart tetras
(if able too) some rummynose tetras


will they fight with the cories?

 

[Gankutsuou]

I've had no problem with brochis spelndens in with them.

I've had no sighted problems with the portholes and him.

The sited problem? him beating up my 5 inch syno. euruptus, resulting in me taking him back to the store.

So, there may or may not be a problem depending on how badly it likes it's territory and how it takes to your cories.

 

[crazie.eddie]

They will get along fine.

How big is your tank?

 

[CBBP]

55 gallon. I mean... a lot of cories.. the bottom is covered in them. Okay. i may try one.

 

[natural blue nina]

Clowns are lovely - I have two. But don't expect to see much of them, mine hide pretty much all day and early evening!

 

[CBBP]

Clowns are lovely - I have two. But don't expect to see much of them, mine hide pretty much all day and early evening!

that is fine. I just wanna hear if anyone has had problems with them fighting tetras or other bottom feeders. Also, do they prefer company or just one in a tank?

 

[CBBP]

no horror stories or sucked on cories?

 

[connorsbala]

I want a clown pleco. I had one once but took it back the next day when i realized I had no wood for him to chew on. They are rather beautiful fish and I have always wanted on. now that i am going to be placing wood in one of my tanks I want one of these beautiful fish. I have some questions though.

I currently have:
30 or so pepper cories (bunches of babies)
13 black skirt tetras
9 amano shrimp

Soon to Add:
13 Emperor tetras
13 bleeding heart tetras
(if able too) some rummynose tetras


will they fight with the cories?

Wow thats alot of cories! Thats like £150! My clown pleco gets on fine with my 3 pandas and 2 scwhartzis! He keeps himself to himself with all his shrimpy buddies! He just lies around the bogwood,under,on top and even inside it! Theres like a cave in my main piece of bogwood that all my shrimp go in,and sometimes my dwarf loach and the pleco sometimes sits at the front of it!
I think mines still settling in abit cause he isnt eating the lettuce i put in but still a lovely fish

 

[Liam50]

i have one clown and it seems to be fine with all my pleco's accept my flash maybe their fighting over wood but my flas always looses out and he's bigger!

 

[dave_oddballs]

i personally do not like clown plecs, i think they are a bit boring, especially looking at other plecs, big and small, available! my girlfriend has a clown plec and chases her coridoras and her frogs. i would personally leave it in the shop and get a decent looking plec!!

 

[twin54]

i would personally leave it in the shop and get a decent looking plec!!

Awww come on you gonna tell me bozo the clown pleco that I got the pleasure of taking home tonight doest look cute as hell!!!

 

[lyotim88]

i have a clown, great looking guy. He's just ALWAYS under a small crevice in my rockwork

 

[ahodge84]

My clowns have never bothered any of their tankmates, which are all catfishes or plec types.