stoneydee
Aquarium Advice Freak
I haven't added any marginals to my 160 gallon pre-form yet this spring. I have some floaters (water hyacinth and azolla) but they take up probably less than 40% of the water surface right now. So I have algae. I've toyed with the idea of adding a pleco to the pond (water temp is holding at 62 degrees F right now), but I know I'd have to overwinter it in a tank in the house, and that would mean buying another pretty large tank. Adding tanks in the house has gotten to be an issue, because it's getting to the point where I'd have to get rid of furniture to do it (I have a small house).
I know I can use an aglacide, like Accu Clear, but the longer I'm in the hobby, the more I hate adding chemicals to water in tanks or the pond. I am wondering if a pleco could overwinter in a rubbermaid tub (with filtration, of course) in the house, as many fancy goldfish fanatics do when they run out of "up on a stand" space. Or would it just be better to go ahead and use some algacide till I get all the plants in?
I know I can use an aglacide, like Accu Clear, but the longer I'm in the hobby, the more I hate adding chemicals to water in tanks or the pond. I am wondering if a pleco could overwinter in a rubbermaid tub (with filtration, of course) in the house, as many fancy goldfish fanatics do when they run out of "up on a stand" space. Or would it just be better to go ahead and use some algacide till I get all the plants in?