plecos and sand

[WGC-Katana]

Do these two things mix. Just currious. I've been thinking of getting one. Got my eye on a L56 it my LFS, but I also want to put sand in my tank.

 

[wayne]

Should be ok, though there will always be a bunch of 'rearrangement' as it snowploughs around

 

[TaffyFish]

Do plecos have a habit of burying themselves in sand, as a defense mechanism? I put a clown pleco in with some spawning cichlids (lep.hecqui) just over a week ago, I've checked all the caves and I can't find her anywhere! It's a secure tank so she hasn't jumped.

 

[Purple]

Yeah - they're fine with sand. Never seen one bury itself, but it's normal for a Pl*c to make a cave by burrowing under a rock, so you may yet find the missing one. The other weird thing they can do is change colour along their bodies for camoflage - they go "patchy" - and just when you think it's some kind of horrible affliction they'll change back to normal again - my Sailfin does it all the time