What Would Be Compatable

[LionessN3cubs]

seriously...no one is lying to you.

My hubby's dentist has a fish tank in his office. a year ago he got a plec ...now its literally about 16 inches long and DOMINATES the 55 gallon tank

 

[emmit]

right a little history of the pleco's

the green one was a purpose buy

but the other 2 were not and i felt i was rescuing them, reason was the state of the tanks they were in water was a redish colour and had loads of particles floating about (not nice to look at and they seemed to have concaved bellies ) and were in 1ft tanks

i under stand where the confusion comes into it i put 70l not 70g (not quite sure y) but it is a 70g tank will find a pic shortly

i know how big sailfins can get and have a friend who will take them in when they need the extra space

also the tank and filter used to house 2 oscars befor i purchased it hence y i put the fish in the same day (after water treatments)

 

[emmit]

thats one of the sailfins at the front of the tank

 

[arobinson1984]

After reading your thread I was horrified at the amount of fish you said you had in a 70l tank when you were saying it looked bare, I had visions of the fish being squashed cheek to cheek.

Admittedly 70g is a lot better! lol, you still do have some fish that will require rehoming as they will outgrow the tank. I think the general rule is that the tank should be 4x longer than than the full length of an adult fish you wish to keep in it, this is just a general rule, so if yours is 4ft, then you cant keep fish in it that will exceed 1ft (12") in length, it just isnt fair having them cramped in that small space 24-7.

I'd seriously do some research regarding all the fish you currently have before even contemplating adding any more. Also I'm sure oscars need more than 70g, someone correct me if I'm wrong but i thought they did.

Andy

 

[Geoff1991]

Oh, thank god

70g sounds better a bit for the fish, but if youre set on having plecs why not try a smaller plec?

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if i was you, id rehome most of the fish, up the numbers of the corys, rasboras and tetras (they will be much happer that way) and have a nice healthy, well stocked, happy community tank.

If you take some of the advise in this thread, you will find you will have less problems in the future. Granted, you might be ok now. But in a few months or years time or whatever, this will come back and bite you in the a** when some of the fish outgrow the tank and become stressed and unhealthy and may even get ill and die.