New pleco

[Koikeeper99]

I have to rehome my common pleco and i need a new pleco for my tank. What kinds have you guys or girls owned that are cool and realatively cheap? I already have a golden nugget in a different tank so that ones out haha

 

[librarygirl]

What size tank and what fish are in there now?

 

[Rivercats]

Also is the tank planted?

 

[Alex ski]

Well if it is a 20 gal or 15 get a bristle nose pleco or rubber lip

 

[Koikeeper99]

55 gallon and no not planted and in about two months the tank will be empty besides the pleco i get.

 

[Rivercats]

Personally I'd get an Albino Bristlenose Pleco. It won't outgrow your tank and Albino BNP tend to be active and out during the day. I have a female Longfin Albino BNP... Aquarium Advice - Aquarium Forum Community - Rivercats's Album: 220g inhabitants - Picture.

 

[Koikeeper99]

Personally I'd get an Albino Bristlenose Pleco. It won't outgrow your tank and Albino BNP tend to be active and out during the day. I have a female Longfin Albino BNP... Aquarium Advice - Aquarium Forum Community - Rivercats's Album: 220g inhabitants - Picture.

I was thinking getting a pair to breed and sell theyre relatively easy to breed right?

 

[Rivercats]

I've never bred them but from what I've read it doesn't appear very hard. The trick is finding them old enough that you can see the sex of them.

 

[Koikeeper99]

I've never bred them but from what I've read it doesn't appear very hard. The trick is finding them old enough that you can see the sex of them.

I read males have bushy noses and females have it by the lips or none at all.

 

[Rivercats]

Yes that is correct but you have to find ones old enough for the males to have bristles. Young males don't have bristles and I don't remember how old males are before their bristles begin growing in.

 

[Koikeeper99]

Ill ask the lfs when im there. Theyre pretty knowledgeable.

 

[Chronos313]

Usually within 4-5 months you can surely sex them.

 

[Tetra1990]

Bristle nosed plecos are great! I had one and it was out all day. Give it some real driftwood and it'll be a happy camper. I now have a clown pleco, very cool pattern, but im lucky to see it once a week. I know where it's hiding though.

 

[Koikeeper99]

Bristle nosed plecos are great! I had one and it was out all day. Give it some real driftwood and it'll be a happy camper. I now have a clown pleco, very cool pattern, but im lucky to see it once a week. I know where it's hiding though.

I have a large piece of driftwood in the tank already.

 

[Koikeeper99]

I have boughten a breeding paur of bushynose plecos. But i did get a clown for my other tank.