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i have adored pl*cos since i was a little girl, and i would love to get one! i don't really know alot about them, but i am in the process of researching them. the only problem is, that i only have a 10 gallon tank i was thinking that before the new year, i would like to upgrade to a 15 gallon tank.

can anyone please tell me a good species that will do ok in this size of tank? (10 - 15 gallons please. maybe a 20 gallon if i get lucky!)

his/her tankmates will be corydora, snails, and shrimp (see siggy) thank you!

Try bulldog/rubbernose pl*cos. They're fairly readily sold at petsmart. They aren't expensive either. I'm going to try to breed them.

This is the species I see the most:


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Hello,

Small concern about bulldog plecos : these fishes need fast moving water (which is not the case of the rest of your population).
May be you could have a look to the panaque maccus : this is a fish which support easily slow water, is interesting to look at, even if it become more active during night time.
It is a wood eater, so you need to have roots available in the tank



Good Luck
Matien

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Perhaps an might work in this situation?

Small concern about bulldog pl*cos : these fishes need fast moving water (which is not the case of the rest of your population).

I would agree with this.

May be you could have a look to the panaque maccus

However I would disagree here. I think a is not really suitable for a 10g, as they produce vast amounts of crap, and you really need a hefty external power filter to deal with the mess they produce. I would say a 30g with a filter of at least 500lph would be a minimum for a dwarf Panaque.

I use a 2300lph filter on a 50g tank, which is the only way have have found to keep a tank clean for three .

As i recommended in your other thread, or would be the best bet.

Remember need warm water (27C+), so that probably won't work with your Corydoras sp.

are great, but they need to have been in the shop for at least a month before you buy them. They need to be in tip top health and fed lots of veg.

They can die off rapidly if not in good health.

You are right Racoll, I missed the volume conversion. Even a 20gUS (about 70 l) will be to small for the panaque maccus.

Cory Love, in the volume of your tank, I would not even recommand one comon ancistrus (they will reach or exceed 4 inches) except if the height of the tank is small (to keep a large surface on floor).

There are some species which may not exceed 3 inches, I think you should look closely to these ones, but they usally more difficult to find.

Matien

thanks everyone for your replies and help! i will reasearch the species you reccomended and when i get my larger tank, i think i'll get one!

if you guys have any more advice, please share! thank you

You could have a look at LDA025, Pitbull pleco.
This is a really small species.

I am sitting here typing this with a tank of Ancistrus claro beside me, a great "little" ancistrus and not impossible to find.

You could have a look at LDA025, Pitbull pl*co.
This is a really small species.

Good call Mustang. I should have recommended these; I have a group of them.

are perfect. Small, very hardy, easy to feed, tolerant of a wide range of temperatures, and good algae eaters.

Thoroughly recommended.

Birger wrote:I am sitting here typing this with a tank of Ancistrus claro beside me, a great "little" ancistrus and not impossible to find.

Where did you get them? I looked them up. They seem pretty cool

I got mine from a LFS that I frequent but that won't help you, bit too far of a drive, ask around in your local shops or look for someone closer online that has them or if you have a local aquarium club check them out they may be able to point you in the right direction.

good luck