Okay, here we go.
When my pink con had her children, it was a few weeks after that my cousin's tank had established. He had one fish: a 6-inch long goldfish (don't know the species though, ugh!) in a 15 gallon bowfront acrylic.
I wasn't very hopefull for the 4 little con fry I gave him- this goldfish was massive and for a good reason. He would gobble up any flakes given to him pretty quickly. With a small pleco (one that doens't grow very large) there wasn't much competition for food.
When we first put the fish in, the goldfish came up to the tank and I swore my heart skipped a few beats. But, they lived, luckily. They hid among the rocks and the few decorations.
Well, a few months have passed now and the fish are much bigger, two of them are above 1.5 inches, and the other two are much smaller, for obvious reasons. But, they haven't killed the goldfish, and I think I know why.
It seems that since the cons grew up with the goldfish in the tank, they are somewhat frightened (he will attempt to 'nip' at them when it's feeding time, but he has no real teeth so nothing really happens) but otherwise they are getting along surprisingly well.
I will try soon to get some pictures- it's quite an odd success story. I think also a large part of the safety comes from all 4 cons (seemingly) to be male. I just also remembered that he had added a second pleco to the tank (not my idea) and the cons killed that one- surprise there, lol. We come to an agreement that any new fish added in the tank are probably going to die, lol!
When my pink con had her children, it was a few weeks after that my cousin's tank had established. He had one fish: a 6-inch long goldfish (don't know the species though, ugh!) in a 15 gallon bowfront acrylic.
I wasn't very hopefull for the 4 little con fry I gave him- this goldfish was massive and for a good reason. He would gobble up any flakes given to him pretty quickly. With a small pleco (one that doens't grow very large) there wasn't much competition for food.
When we first put the fish in, the goldfish came up to the tank and I swore my heart skipped a few beats. But, they lived, luckily. They hid among the rocks and the few decorations.
Well, a few months have passed now and the fish are much bigger, two of them are above 1.5 inches, and the other two are much smaller, for obvious reasons. But, they haven't killed the goldfish, and I think I know why.
It seems that since the cons grew up with the goldfish in the tank, they are somewhat frightened (he will attempt to 'nip' at them when it's feeding time, but he has no real teeth so nothing really happens) but otherwise they are getting along surprisingly well.
I will try soon to get some pictures- it's quite an odd success story. I think also a large part of the safety comes from all 4 cons (seemingly) to be male. I just also remembered that he had added a second pleco to the tank (not my idea) and the cons killed that one- surprise there, lol. We come to an agreement that any new fish added in the tank are probably going to die, lol!
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