??? Can common plecos live with fancy goldfish??

[Goldfish101]

Please looking to buy one.

[Goldfish loach boy]

I would advice against it, goldfish are coldwater and plecos are tropical, and in some cases, the pleco sucks the slime coat of the goldfish, I can suggest a hillstream loach though

[Goldfish101]

Thanks what would you recommend for trpoicail that can live with a pleco

[Goldfish101]

Also what could live with a pleco in cold water. Thanks I had a tank for seven months now but something went wrong down the road. I had 8 fish thriving then got a cichlid and things went bad. So sadly I had to flush him down the toilet. And then only one left is the pleco. So yea and after recovering from scars I want fish and I came across this website joined and very helpful joined today.

[Sillyfishies]

Originally Posted by cmm620

Also what could live with a pleco in cold water. Thanks I had a tank for seven months now but something went wrong down the road. I had 8 fish thriving then got a cichlid and things went bad. So sadly I had to flush him down the toilet. And then only one left is the pleco. So yea and after recovering from scars I want fish and I came across this website joined and very helpful joined today.

What size tank?

[Goldfish101]

10 gallon but I can handle alot of fish I might be upgrading to a 20 gallon tank soon.

[Sillyfishies]

Originally Posted by cmm620

10 gallon but I can handle alot of fish I might be upgrading to a 20 gallon tank soon.

You do realize common plecos get longer than the 10 gallon itself?

[bob mccoy]

my 2 cents here. get rid of the common pleco and get a bristlenose. add a heater get dome danios or glow fish or guppies . something small.

[Goldfish loach boy]

Woa man, no then never mind, the small species of pleco need at least a 20 gallon, I would get a 29 gallon (30 inches long by 12 inches wide by 18 inches tall) you can comfortably keep 2 in there carefully