randy86
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Be careful the male will run her *** to death!
NICE!!Here's my babies
Keeping a common pleco in a 10 gal tank is quite cruel. I encourage you to rehome it right away if you cannot provide a 125 gal + tank for it.Randy!!! Your pleco is ginormous!!!!! That's amazing! Mine is about 5 1/2 inches long, and the pet store told me he was just a common one. He's still growing, but because his home is a ten gallon he's not going to make it to full size, unless I get a bigger tank. Either way he's happy and healthy! I love his reddish color, it's so pretty! I'll have to get a pic of him upside-down sucking algae off the decor in my tank! He's so cute! I like his markings, even though he went from dark blue to reddish, he's kept those lighter markings on him ^^ he likes the large amount of algae that grow on my one plastic plant and the ruins decorations! You know what? He nearly died when I got him! He wouldn't move, it started the second week I got him! There was a spike in the levels and the water got so nasty and I couldn't get it out! Then I discovered that if I use the water from the filtered thing from the sink (it cleans out chlorine, fluorine, and puts minerals in, to be healthy drinking water) and then stress coat, the water is so much healthier. And now the tanks inhabitants live in good for you drinking water ^^
alia258 said:What are you talking about? He's 5 1/2 inches! Isn't the rule 1 inch of fish=1 gallon of tank water? He's not like a foot long or anything. Or am I missing something here?
alia258 said:That's the point of a 30g though, can't I keep the ratio for him 1"=2g or something? He's my favorite fish ever! I don't want to give him up (and especially not to some pet store!!!) please, you gotta help me think of something better than giving him away!
Gboy66 said:You are missing somthing. That rule is not even close to reality. Could a 10 inch oscar live in a 10 gallon tank? Nope.
Your pleco (very handsome by the way) could and will be stunted if left in a small tank like yours. He might look like he can fit, but his insides will still grow internally even though he doesnt grow externally.
Your little guy will basically be crushed from within
1" per 8 gals would be more like it.That's the point of a 30g though, can't I keep the ratio for him 1"=2g or something? He's my favorite fish ever! I don't want to give him up (and especially not to some pet store!!!) please, you gotta help me think of something better than giving him away!
I'm sorry, but I really don't think that's the right attitude. As large as possible, if only a 30 gal, is simply not good enough for a common pleco.I totally get it. Unfortunatly 1"-2g isnt reliable either, but better i guess!
He could stay in the 30 for a bit more, but there are no long-term options. Just get him as large a tank as possible, and do frequent water changes and have good filtration because all of Oscar's waste