Compatible Plecs?

[PlecoCollector]

Lost my Blue Phantom the other day to unknown reasons... I think it was the Fungus treatment I was giving the tank. It must have effected him since he was so small. Still, my worst loss
And of course, Big Al's is closed for Hurricane damage (They didn't fix their roof fast enough, so they got shut down until they do), so I can't go there to see if they have any others.

That's my first dilemma... but my second is this: I'm looking ahead for plecs for my new tank, but I need to find some that won't be too territorial. I'm planning the tank around plecs, with lots of hiding space, but I still need plecs that won't go at each other. Any suggestions?

 

[Pure]

A lot depends on how large a tank is it going to be??

 

[PlecoCollector]

90 gallons. I'm planning on putting a big piece of driftwood in, a lot of plants, and maybe some pleco dens too, depending on what I get.

 

[Pure]

90s have the same foot print as a 75, so for pleco stocking you want to think of the tank as a 75 seeing as they mostly will be on the bottom. I'd say you could safely keep 3-4 girthy 7 inch plecs without any issues.

Personally I want to set up a couple of 75s 1 for Madusas and one for the 3 Peppermints I am growing out ATM.

You could also very easily keep with the L128s.

 

[PlecoCollector]

The two I really want are another L128 and then a L204. Dunno what else yet I suppose two would be a good start, eh?

 

[Pure]

204s are nice, just know that them white stripes do really fade with age. I have one old guy who has all but lost his stripes.

 

[PlecoCollector]

Yeah, that happened to my 001. He used to have very very vibrant spots on him, with this very bright gold color to them, but now they're a very deep gold, still very pretty, but not close to the color they used to be.

 

[wayne]

I always used 1 per square foot for 15 -20 cms fish