Will do plecos be compatible

[Fish Fanatic34]

It’s a 35 gallon 130L 3ft tank that currently has a Kribensis pair, 7 Venezuelan Cory’s, 10 diamond tetra and 1 angelfish. While the kribs breed I do not see any aggression towards the angelfish and the angel fish is not aggressive with any other fish the kribs do chase the Cory’s and tetra but they are faster and are usually able to out swim the kribs. I want to add some L397 plecos but I am unsure weather or not the bottom level of the tank will be overstocked with the kribs and Cory’s. I am thinking maybe 3 but not sure.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

To me, it sounds like too many bottom layer fish, especially with kribs, cories not even understanding the concept of territories, and three plecos in a 35g sounds cramped, especially if you end up with two males and a female or something. I know they're a smaller species, but they still want a decent sized territory of their own, and still add a lot of bioload to a pretty well stocked tank. Are you hoping to breed them?

But, I'm not super pleco knowledgeable, my only experience is my two L181s. But I wanted to bump this in the hopes more people see it. I think @Naughts is pretty good with plecos.

 

[AquaBarb]

Yes, id say too risky to add plec's within the space you have with a breeding pair of kribs. The cories will learn to stay out the way but Plec's can be quite clumsy and just bash about the place searching for food etc so will probably just stress the kribs out.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

The cories will learn to stay out the way

I don't have kribs or anything, but wish my cories could learn things like that! Bronzes seem like the bouncy, but not terribly bright bunch out of the corydoras genus! I love 'em, don't get me wrong. I just think they're the enthusiastic but not terribly bright labradors of the corydoras group