I have a 5-month-old common pleco measuring just under 10 inches in what I now know to be an undersized home -- a 30 gallon tank (36" x 12" x 16") aquarium.
Sometime within the next year (probably next fall), we'll be upgrading to a much, much larger aquarium more befitting his size.
In the meantime, I'm considering moving him and his tankmates to a longer "interim tank". Can anybody please help me answer the following:
Sometime within the next year (probably next fall), we'll be upgrading to a much, much larger aquarium more befitting his size.
In the meantime, I'm considering moving him and his tankmates to a longer "interim tank". Can anybody please help me answer the following:
- Does he look healthy to you?
- Has he already outgrown this tank?
- If not, how much longer do you estimate he has in it before it stunts or otherwise adversely effects him?
- What size "interim" tank would you recommend?
- What is the minimum length tank he'd be comfortable in?
- Is he a "he"? (I don't know how to sex a pleco.)
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