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L260 and an Ancitrus?

Posted: 16 Dec 2004, 17:25
by LimpingFish
Hi
I have a 12 CM Quite-Common ancistrus
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..Which is living in a 80 cm (110 litre) planted tank, with a 2-3 mm dark gravel (And some Eleocharis planted in it)
The question is, Could a L260 live in there, too?
The Ancistrus is quite territorial (Only at feeding time), You think the L260 would survive (or even fight back? Or is it THAT shy that it will have a problem eating at all?) ?
Also, I inject CO2 at most of the daylight time, So the pH level decreases a bit (Although, other sensitive fish (Cardinals, Emperor tetras, Clown loaches..) live in this situation for a long time without facing any problems) ..

Thanks, Ori.

Posted: 16 Dec 2004, 20:56
by Barbie
The L260 should be just fine with the ancistrus, as long as there are plenty of comfortable caves for them both to use. You might make sure you redecorate the day your L260 gets out of quarantine and you add him to the main tank though. Good luck!

Barbie

Posted: 17 Dec 2004, 04:44
by tb_077
Agreed, redecorating will mess up the plecos territory and keep them from fighting. Remember that L260s are mainly meat eaters and also pretty sensative.

tb_077