Albino bn and convicts

[pictuslover23]

Ok, so I would like to rescue some baby bn plecos (about an inch long) that my friend has and isn't taking care of properly. Right now I have room in my convict tank with a 3 in male convict and his fry. Would this be ok with them being so little? There are lots of nooks and crannies but I thought I'd ask on here to double check.

 

[IvanMike]

The convict might be more than a bit rough on the plecos as he's in guard mode. How big of a tank are we talking? You can always make a divider using plastic egg crate diffuser grating to keep the plecos from harm, although the convict fry will be able to swim through either way (and perhaps the plecos might be able to) but the male convict will be stuck on one side. I'd be very surprised if the plecos gave the fry any trouble.

 

[jetajockey]

BN pleco fry could go through eggcrate easily as well. I guess you could try it and see, IDK, anytime I tried to put a small pleco in with my JDs they would attack it like its food.

 

[pictuslover23]

Thanks for the advice! I might be able to pit them in my community tank until I rehome the convicts. I don't think my pictus, kribs, or swordtails would touch them.

 

[IvanMike]

probably not. plecos aren't the easiest thing to pick on or eat.