Bristlenose and ADF's?

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blondeyny

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I have recently upgrdaded my 10 to a 20 gal. In it right now are the following;

3 dwarf platys
4 pure black bar endlers
4 african dwarf frogs
2 nerite snails

There are 2 pieces of driftwood, and some live plants.

Would there be enough room in this tank to add something like a bristlenose? Or a smaller catfish/pleco?
Would the adf's and bristlenose get along? Anyone had any experience with this?

I have an albino BN in a 25 gal with some platys and shrimp and have fallen in love with the fact that they are so ugly they're cute LOL

I have looked online and can't seem to find any info that really says they can or can't co exist. Any info would be apprecited.
 
If you do regular WC ---yea, maybe even a pair.
 
Naaa don't want any breeding going on. Not ready for that yet. I wouldn't think I would have room for a pair, let alone one.
My 2 main concerns were tank size for a BN addition, and how they would get along with the frogs.
For clarification, since it seems A LOT of people don't know the difference between the 2, these are NOT clawed frogs. These are the dwarf frogs.

I guess people just don't put the frogs and BN's in the same tank.
 
Yeah, they should be fine. BNs are very peaceful little guys, and so are ADFs.
 
A rubber lip gets even bigger than a BN. Do I really have enough room for either of them?

I actually saw a really nice long fin albino BN (about 1.5") at the LFS and the guy and I were talking about it. I mentioned about the frogs and at first he thought it was fine. But then he did mention because it was so small, it may latch onto the frogs to try to get their slime coat like some do to fish. So he was thinking getting a larger one would be better. Does that sound logical?
 
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blondeyny said:
A rubber lip gets even bigger than a BN. Do I really have enough room for either of them?

I actually saw a really nice long fin albino BN (about 1.5") at the LFS and the guy and I were talking about it. I mentioned about the frogs and at first he thought it was fine. But then he did mention because it was so small, it may latch onto the frogs to try to get their slime coat like some do to fish. So he was thinking getting a larger one would be better. Does that sound logical?
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I think any size would be fine. A 20 gallon is definitely large enough for a BN, no worries. The frogs can move when they want to, and BNs are really peaceful. I have mine in with an oto, which is small and doesnt move a lot, and it does FINE, with the adults AND the baby BNs. :)
 
chunkswrestles said:
the frogs would even sit on the bn sometimes
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LOL That must have been a Kodak moment! :laugh: I was told in another forum that the frogs would ATTACK the BN. I was more concerned the opposite would happen. I think a lot of people confuse the clawed frogs with the dwarf frogs.

I just want to be sure it'll be ok before I do it. Otherwise I've got no where for the conflicting party to move to.
 
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