Algae Eaters and Convicts

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bball4life

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I was wondering if it was ok to put 1 algae eater and a pleco in the same aquarium as some convict cichlids?

 

mayreee

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How big is the tank?

 

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bball4life

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Im planning to get a 29 gal with about 3 or 4 juvenile convicts, 1 algae eater and 1 pleco

 

centralharbor

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• Dec 7, 2004

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someones gonna say this, so i'll say it, if its a common pleco, it gets to a foot, or larger i believe, and a 29 gallon is too small for it. if its a chinese algae eater, that gets to be around 6 inches i believe, and with convicts which get to be around 8 inches i think, thats a whole lotta fish (correct me if im wrong on this)

 

chunksofpoooo

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• Dec 7, 2004

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Yeh, unfortunantly thats too many fish for a 29gal. Rather, those fish get too big for a 29gal.

 

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how about a 50 gal

 

mayreee

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It would depend on what kind of pleco. You can look here and look for some that don't get huge http://planetcatfish.com I think that would be a good size for the convicts though.