Perfect? Overstocked? Or Room For More?

[Tessla]

Candy striped plecos are very similar in size and coloration to clowns and you may very well see a clown labeled as a candy stripe for sale or visa versa. They're more of a meat eater than the clowns, you can get some sinking pellets formulated for bottom feeders like corydoras and loaches, my clown loves munching on those as well.

Unfortunately, plecos can be very unpredictable when it comes to introducing them to new tanks, I've had quite a few seemingly healthy juveniles that were introduced to mature tanks only to die a few days or weeks later for no apparent reason, never had a single problem with an adult fish. If your water paramaters are stable, I'd say you're ok to add a pleco, but if you've got pH swings, ammonia or nitrite problems or any other trouble with fish in your tank, I wouldn't add any fish until you've solved the problem and the tank has been stable for at least a month just to be safe. If you've got enough experience stable tanks, then I'd say they could be added much sooner but considering you're just starting out, it'd be better to take your time.

Gorgeous plec there stang, how big is the little guy?

 

[stang1]

You have a beautiful Pleco there mate. I may try and twist my dads arm to get one, after all he was going to pay £25 for a parot fish, why not pay a little extra for a a candy striped.

Thanks. We certainly love him.
I wasn't too bothered about Plecos when we first started keeping fish but my partner decided that he really liked them. After getting 2 Bristlenose Plecos, that was it, I was hooked!
We now have about 11 Plecos and we couldn't part with them. Even my daughters are starting to catch the bug!

 

[vinylman]

You may have 44 inches of fish now, but are they all fully grown?.

 

[Tessla]

You may have 44 inches of fish now, but are they all fully grown?.

His sizes seem to match the full adult size of each fish, he doesn't have any species listed that get very large.

 

[Maxta]

My fish arent even the sizes i posted, theyre not fully grown, i looked up on the internet the max sizes for each fish (as youre supposed to do) and posted them. Plus the fact not every fish is guaranteed to grow to their maximum size. We all have the potential to grow tall, but the average height of the population in countries such as the UK/US is around 5ft8 and 6ft. There are many who are 5ft are smaller and many who are 6ft 5 and taller. Same applies to fish.

 

[lym]

I havent seen many pics of peoples candy striped on here.

I just got one of these today. I'd definitely recommend getting one, they're lovely! I've got some pictures and videos here: http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=188720