Would my pleco be happier if...

[tennesseemom]

I have a regular 55 gallon with 2 blood red parrots and a needle fish. I have a corner 55 gallon with an anglefish, a few platys, a few tiger barbs, a few corys, and a pleco that's about 12 inches long and at least 5 inches wide. He keeps getting bigger, and I'm not sure he has enough room in the corner tank anymore.

I'm wondering if he might not be happier if all the fish switched tanks. I can't put him in with the parrots because they don't let any food get to him and they go after his eyes. So if I move everyone from one tank to the other, does that sound better? the 2 parrots should be fine in the 55 corner, they are like 5 years old and aren't very big.

How would I go about switching everyone?

 

[cichlidsrextrem]

its might work if you do that make sure the water parametars are all the same in both but i would acalimadate (i killed that word) them anyway when you put them in the other tanks turn all the lights off for a while and see how they do they should be fine or you could just leave them be and the pleco might be alright

 

[kjr928]

Personally I think a pleco that size is too big for any 55g tank, even if it is alone. I also think that if you moved everything but the pleco to the other 55g then that one would be a overstocked. I'm not sure how much the parrots will treat those long angel fins either.

Personally I think it's high-time you either did a major tank upgrade or you find a new home for that pleco.

 

[BoredAgain]

Time to get a bigger tank, any 55g is going to be too small for him. 75g+ would be recommended.

 

[Sarge_857]

Time to get a bigger tank, any 55g is going to be too small for him. 75g+ would be recommended.

:iagree: 75 just for him alone. maybe some smaller dither fish. but yea 12 inches long and 5 inches wide? wow, how old is he? i take it hes a common pleco?

 

[tennesseemom]

Thank you everyone for your replies. I've had him for 5 years, got him when I got my first little tank, a 10 gallon. He's a common pleco. I know a 75 gallon would be ideal, and I'm always searching Craigslist, in fact someone has a 90 Gallon for $100 right now, but I just don't have the money at this time. So between now and the Christmas money the inlaws usually give me, would changing tanks be good? It's a lot more room for him I think.