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Since I switched to LEDs I have had a major algae explosion in my tank. I keep it off the viewing glass by scrubbing but would like to get a pleco to handle it. Does anyone have any suggestions for a pleco for a 29 gallon SA tank?
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29 Gallon SA Tank -- 5 Bleeding Heart Tetras, Mated Pair of Angels, 7 Green Corys, and a Rubberlip Pleco
30 Gallon Breeder -- 20+ neon tetras, 3 albino cories, 2 albino bristlenose plecos, female betta, 1 angel
5 Gallon Shrimp Nano - Sakura Red Shrimp, Boraras Brigittae, Oto Cats, Olive Nerites, and Pink Ramshorn -
O cat? Flash pleco? Rubber/bulldog pleco? Zebra pleco? Bristlenose pleco? Clown pleco? There's a lot of them to choose from. -
Re: Pleco suggestions
I would go otocinulus. Get about 10+ for a small school, they do better in groups. They're lil algae eating machines.30Long: L134 Leopard Frog Plecos X16, Corydoras Sterbai X9, Endlers X4
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bulldog or bristlenose. or royal, they are beautiful and although they get large, they take a loooonngg time to get there.my fish house:
2.5g- ramshorn hatchery
6g eclipse- yellow shrimp, chili rasboras, yellow apple snails
29g- geo grow-out, angels, 12"fire eel, dwarf frog, apple snails
45g- jade sleeper gobies, native killifish, feeder endlers
75g- 2 oscars, parrot, silver dollars, albino channel cat, syno euptera, bichir, baby jaguar, convicts, yabby
125g- fahaka puffer, rainbow shark
and about a dozen bettas....Comment
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Pleco suggestions
Not sure tank could take 10. Already have 3 angels, 5 columbian blue tetras, and 7 corys.Originally posted by TexSun View Post29 Gallon SA Tank -- 5 Bleeding Heart Tetras, Mated Pair of Angels, 7 Green Corys, and a Rubberlip Pleco
30 Gallon Breeder -- 20+ neon tetras, 3 albino cories, 2 albino bristlenose plecos, female betta, 1 angel
5 Gallon Shrimp Nano - Sakura Red Shrimp, Boraras Brigittae, Oto Cats, Olive Nerites, and Pink RamshornComment
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Otocinulus would be good. They stay small and tear the algae up.Id probable put in about 6-8.Comment
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The first two would be okay to keep in the 29, but the royal... they get way too big for your tank.Originally posted by allysangels View PostComment
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O-cats are really small and for the most part stay really small. I think with your current stock, 6-10 O-cats wouldn't be much of a problem. What's your filtration like?Originally posted by Chris.d514 View PostComment
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Pleco suggestions
Eheim 221329 Gallon SA Tank -- 5 Bleeding Heart Tetras, Mated Pair of Angels, 7 Green Corys, and a Rubberlip Pleco
30 Gallon Breeder -- 20+ neon tetras, 3 albino cories, 2 albino bristlenose plecos, female betta, 1 angel
5 Gallon Shrimp Nano - Sakura Red Shrimp, Boraras Brigittae, Oto Cats, Olive Nerites, and Pink RamshornComment
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I agree ocats are probably the way to go... I just love the royals. and thats why I said they get big! just get a bigger tank...
my fish house:
2.5g- ramshorn hatchery
6g eclipse- yellow shrimp, chili rasboras, yellow apple snails
29g- geo grow-out, angels, 12"fire eel, dwarf frog, apple snails
45g- jade sleeper gobies, native killifish, feeder endlers
75g- 2 oscars, parrot, silver dollars, albino channel cat, syno euptera, bichir, baby jaguar, convicts, yabby
125g- fahaka puffer, rainbow shark
and about a dozen bettas....Comment
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Yeah... if you wanna go with o-cats, 6-10 wouldn't be a problem.Comment
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Pleco suggestions
Ok cool sounds like a plan. Thanks all29 Gallon SA Tank -- 5 Bleeding Heart Tetras, Mated Pair of Angels, 7 Green Corys, and a Rubberlip Pleco
30 Gallon Breeder -- 20+ neon tetras, 3 albino cories, 2 albino bristlenose plecos, female betta, 1 angel
5 Gallon Shrimp Nano - Sakura Red Shrimp, Boraras Brigittae, Oto Cats, Olive Nerites, and Pink RamshornComment
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Re: Pleco suggestions
Howe big do they (royals) get and how long does it take to get that big?Comment
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No clue on how fast they grow, but keeping in mind of the end result, it'll be way too big. I saw one at Xtreme that was about 13-14" a while back. They also have a bunch of little ones about 2-4".
According to planetcatfish, they get to about 13.4".Comment
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From what I've read, they are supposed to grow over a foot, but I've never seen one in person that was more than a few inches. I have one of the standard Royals, and he's grown about a half inch in the 10 months I've had him. He doesn't seem to be growing that fast at all, but I just moved him to a tank where he doesn't have to compete for algae/wafers. Not sure if the slow growth is specific to my lil' guy or not.Originally posted by SunnyHouTX View PostComment
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