What Pleco For Me

[Rorie]

Requirements are:

Must be good in a planted tank - i.e. not pull up my carpet plants or eat any of my plants (i dont think any/many of them would?!)
Must stay small, around 6 inch max
Must not be so shy that i never see it
Must be ok with discus (not latching onto them like ottos do)
Must be good looking.....sorry, i have several bristlenose in other tanks, but they are not lookers! haha. Nice colours/ patterns.
I would really like it to help eat some algae! I know bristlenose do a good job or that....but as above haha

So....what do we think?

 

[jacko32]

Requirements are:

Must be good in a planted tank - i.e. not pull up my carpet plants or eat any of my plants (i dont think any/many of them would?!)
Must stay small, around 6 inch max
Must not be so shy that i never see it
Must be ok with discus (not latching onto them like ottos do)
Must be good looking.....sorry, i have several bristlenose in other tanks, but they are not lookers! haha. Nice colours/ patterns.
I would really like it to help eat some algae! I know bristlenose do a good job or that....but as above haha

So....what do we think?

your looking for a fish that doesnt exist all L numbers dig even if you add a cave you will find around the entrance will be excavated.

 

[Rorie]

I've got a cave in already, and around that area there is no plants. The back, more hidden parts have slate down. So maybe wont be a problem?

 

[jacko32]

I've got a cave in already, and around that area there is no plants. The back, more hidden parts have slate down. So maybe wont be a problem?

have a look into peckolitia and hypancystrus genus in my opinion there some of the best looking plecs around

 

[ChrissyBoy]

Green or blue phantom. Mine is really confident, never hides and hasn't got bigger since I got him.

It's green, with yellow spots on his head. I'll post a pic if u want one.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Hypans are primarily meat eaters. I have never seen any of the ones I keep/have kept eat any algae. Most pekoltias also lean towards a meaty diet.

If you keep your discus in the low 80s, you might get away with a couple of Farlowella vittata.

 

[ZoddyZod]

your looking for a fish that doesnt exist all L numbers dig even if you add a cave you will find around the entrance will be excavated.

yep...any carpeting plant with short roots will be easily uprooted by a plec.