danielle9288
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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I am relatively new to fish keeping and I currently have a 20 gallon fully cycled tank that has guppies in it (for the kids) and once my brother has rehomed his saltwater fish, I will be getting his 50 gallon tank (for me!) 
Anyway, today at one of my lfs's I saw a beautiful little fish that they called a butterfly pleco. I quickly googled it on my phone and it seemed like it would be ok in my tank, so I bought it. When I got home I went looking for more info on it and found that what I have looks more like a hillstream loach than a butterfly pleco. These seem like they are wrong for my tank and I'm not sure what to do. Is there any way it could live happily with guppies? Could I build up my new tank around it (although it would have to stay with the guppies until my brothers fish get rehomed and i get the tank safe for it) or should I take it back to the shop? Any advice would be great, thanks.
Anyway, today at one of my lfs's I saw a beautiful little fish that they called a butterfly pleco. I quickly googled it on my phone and it seemed like it would be ok in my tank, so I bought it. When I got home I went looking for more info on it and found that what I have looks more like a hillstream loach than a butterfly pleco. These seem like they are wrong for my tank and I'm not sure what to do. Is there any way it could live happily with guppies? Could I build up my new tank around it (although it would have to stay with the guppies until my brothers fish get rehomed and i get the tank safe for it) or should I take it back to the shop? Any advice would be great, thanks.
