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fishlover2011

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hey people a pic of my 54 gal tank any suggestions on how i could improve it
 

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You could get rid of the big pleco, and add three smaller plecos like (rubber nose pleco or a few bristol nose plecos).
And you could add a few pieces of wood.
 
54 liters and yes its a pleco ,guarmi, 4 angel fish ,males and female simease fighters, 4 diamond tetras, balloon mollie 1 male 1 female guppies
 
fishlover2011 said:
54 liters and yes its a pleco ,guarmi, 4 angel fish ,males and female simease fighters, 4 diamond tetras, balloon mollie 1 male 1 female guppies

... All that in a thirteen and a half gallon tank?

I would say that's extremely overstocked. The pleco will grow to almost two feet, and will be stunted in a tank that size. Its body will stop growing while it's organs keep on going, giving it a shortened life and painful death.

I'm sorry that you're finding out after it's stocked that it's completely overstocked.
 
yh soz ment 54 liters but wrote gal and ive got a 54 gallon tank on cycle for the pleco
 
fishlover2011 said:
yh soz ment 54 liters but wrote gal and ive got a 54 gallon tank on cycle for the pleco

A 54 gallon is still not enough. A common pleco requires a 125 gallon as a minimum.

A bristlenose will fit nicely in a fifty four gallon. They only reach five inches.
 
Stocking suggestions aside, I would recommend 2 things: some low growing foreground plants, and a substrate change to something more natural, like black or sand colored.
 
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