zebra pleco

PictusRcoOl · Post by **PictusRcoOl** » 30 Sep 2003, 21:33

do u think that a zebra pleco (L046) be ok with silver dollars, pictus, and some danios. large tank, lots of plants and wood. the wood has so many caves for hiding and everything its unbeleivable!!. ill just have to go the extra mile to get him food cause of the danios and pictus.. input needed... thanks

doctorzeb · Post by **doctorzeb** » 30 Sep 2003, 22:43

Hi Pictus

My personal opinion (for what it's worth), is that zebra's always seem to do best in a tank where there are few other bottom dwellers. The zebras like a high flow rate, and I'm not too sure how the silver dollars would cope with that. The pictus may prove to be a little boysterous for the zebras, as they can be very timid fish and do not compete well for food. Also the temp for Pims is a little lower at about 23/24 whereas the zebras like 25-28. I'm not sure about the pH fo dollars etc, I'm not very clued up on them.

See what some of the other posts say, but I would definately wait before you go out and get any.

cheers

Rob

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S. Allen · Post by **S. Allen** » 01 Oct 2003, 00:10

the silver dollars would be fine with the current and pH ranges... I keep my zebras with discus. I dunno that they need few other bottom feeders... my tank crawls with plecos, but pictus might be a bit too aggressive at feeding time for the zebras to get much. I dunno how flexible danios are though, thought they liked things a bit cooler.