New Member And Her Tanks!pics

[scoliofish]

Ouch!!!.... Just one day.... Maybe one day.... we'll get a SA person on here within my region.... (you are about 1 700km from Thabazimbi).... (& hopefully not a Stormers or Bluebull supporter)

i am not realy a big sport fan.

and to da plecko will i harm it if i keep it in my tank until it grows bigger?

 

[scoliofish]

i also have a chinese/japanese algea eater will it be ok with my other fish(x2 goldfish,1x gorami,5xguppie fry in seperate tank, 1x mystery snail) and in my tank ???

 

[Ludwig Venter]

i also have a chinese/japanese algea eater will it be ok with my other fish(x2 goldfish,1x gorami,5xguppie fry in seperate tank, 1x mystery snail) and in my tank ???

These Chinese algea eaters can become a nuisance round goldfish when they grow up.... they're always trying to suck off the slime from GF bodies.... (I've had some around 5 inches)

 

[scoliofish]

i also have a chinese/japanese algea eater will it be ok with my other fish(x2 goldfish,1x gorami,5xguppie fry in seperate tank, 1x mystery snail) and in my tank ???

These Chinese algea eaters can become a nuisance round goldfish when they grow up.... they're always trying to suck off the slime from GF bodies.... (I've had some around 5 inches)

my goldfish are tempory they are only in the tank to buld up bacteria (wich i dont need because it is a tank that has been running for 9 years not at my hous though) i got it about a month ago but i will put the goldfish back in the pond after the rain coz my intire garden flooded and i ddnt want them to get stranded i lost all my koi that way

 

[scoliofish]

can i keep my pleco and Cinese algae eater until they get bigger or should i try and rehome them now ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

 

[scoliofish]

Hate to be the one to give you the bad news Scolio, but it looks awfully like a common plec to me, your going to need a bigger tank...

This is what my two look like, this was their 300L tank...

bt that is 2 in a 3oo so will 1 in my 2oo not be ok

 

[england]

hi and welcome to the forum, funny my neice was in johannesburg last week,gone now to durban think its kwamashu,shes there for two weeks...she loves it,shes also 14

 

[Assaye]

Hi there, welcome to the forum!

Just my two pence on the plec front:

You can keep them in the smaller tank until they start to out grow it, but I'd say it's risky. They might not grow as much or as quickly, and you might not realise they need a new tank because their growth might get stunted. You also need to make SURE you can give them a larger tank if you are going to keep them, as big plecs are much harder to rehome than smaller ones.

If your plec doesn't get the be massive when it is fully grown (but isn't dwarfed at all), you might be able to get away with 200l. Some care-sheets state 200l as MINIMUM tank size for an adult, but that's for a small one. More reasonable recommedations are upwards of 300l and even for a small adult (say, 1 foot) it'll be happiest in a 4 ft + tank.

It'd be best to make sure you can upgrade your tank if you need to before you decide to keep him.

Hope you enjoy the forum!