What pleco's should I stock ?

[Fish Whisperer]

I have a 100L tank, in the middle of doing a fishless cycle at the moment, but when It's ready, I want to stock some pleco's, as they are some of my favorite fish.

I am definitely getting a bristlenose pleco as I like these and are easily available everywhere! But!? What other plecos could I stock with a BN in a 100L tank, that will get on with the BN and wont grow into a monster ?

I would like 2 BN plecos but I don't think my tank is big enough for them both :/

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[plankton]

You could have two BNs, but they would have to be male and female.
I used to keep a panaque maccus with a BN, Two bits of wood and a cave for the BN.

[Fish Whisperer]

Oh brilliant, I didn't think my tank would be suitable for two.

I was just looking at panaque maccus a minute ago, I was thinking of getting one of these to go with the BN. Will it matter if they are both males ? will they fight if they are ? And will one piece of wood be enough for the two or must they have their own ? The only 'cave' I have is a hollow skull, which i hope will do for the BN.

[plankton]

I had a male BN and a male panaque. They were fine, they sorted out their own territories and everything was hunky-dory.

[bwarwicker]

What about a whiptail? Awesome fish :-)

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[Fish Whisperer]

What about a whiptail? Awesome fish :-)

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I do like the look of these, only problem is that I am limited to the fish available in my area, their is a new Watermarque that should be open next month, and it looks pretty big, so I am hoping they will offer a much wider selection of fish. Although the current Watermarque do offer a fair size selection of fish, I would never buy anything from that particular store because half the fish are dead, the people that work their don't have a clue, and the roof is leaking like crazy.. overall a bad place!

[Adam231191]

Zebra pleco are really beautiful plecs and they only grow to 2.5 inches. The only down side is that they are very expensive. They can cost £100 or more. I dream of having one someday


Many thanks
Adam

[Fish Whisperer]

Zebra pleco are really beautiful plecs and they only grow to 2.5 inches. The only down side is that they are very expensive. They can cost £100 or more. I dream of having one someday


Many thanks
Adam

They are really beautiful pleco's, but again I have not seen these stocked near me, and to be honest, I'm really new to this, so I wouldn't want to buy a £100 fish until I knew more. However, when i do stock, it will probably cost me around £60 ish depending if i ever make up my mind on what to stock, tougher decision ever is choosing fish!!

[Adam231191]

I've only ever seen them stocked at maidenhead aquatics in wheatley. They specialise in tropicals. Yeah I see your point. I've only been doing it for about a year and still learning new things everyday


Many thanks
Adam

[Fish Whisperer]

I now go to Maidenhead Aquatics in Taunton, which mostly specialise in tropicals, but also do marine. And the pleco's they currently have in stock are:

Bristlenose @ £10 each
L201 inspectors @ £40 each
L333 @ £40 each
L411 @ £35 each
L340 @ £30 each
&
L190 Royal panaques @ £50 each

I have asked them if they will be getting more in but still waiting for a response, guess I should really ring them than messaging them on facebook all the time :S haha

[Adam231191]

The one I goto restock every Tuesday and always get different types in so maybe find out when they get there stock in and go once a week until you find what you want


Many thanks
Adam

[Fish Whisperer]

Oooooh I will definitely have to find that out, cheers. It will be a couple weeks before I can stock anything anyway, so I will find out when they get new stock in and keep popping in. Any exscuse to go into a fishy shop and just stare and browse for 45 minutes.

[Adam231191]

Yeah I normally go once a month. I used to go every week and always couldn't resist buying something so only go once a month now so I don't spend to much money. What size tank do you have?


Many thanks
Adam

[Adam231191]

Just realised that in your first post it says what tank you have. My bad. Give it a couple of months and you'll want to upgrade. I've had 3 tanks in a year. Your always happy when you get a new tank and then a couple of months later want a bigger one lol


Many thanks
Adam

[bwarwicker]

What about a whiptail? Awesome fish :-)

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I do like the look of these, only problem is that I am limited to the fish available in my area, their is a new Watermarque that should be open next month, and it looks pretty big, so I am hoping they will offer a much wider selection of fish. Although the current Watermarque do offer a fair size selection of fish, I would never buy anything from that particular store because half the fish are dead, the people that work their don't have a clue, and the roof is leaking like crazy.. overall a bad place!

Are you based in Taunton then? Maidenhead aquatics at black down nurseries near Wellington is the best shop around. They had whiptails when I went in Tuesday, a couple of different ones. I wouldn't touch any watermarque with a barge pole. Awful place.