Hey guys -
My tank is small (but won't be for much logner). 20G Long with 4 cichlids (all different; 1 albino, 1 orange, 1 yellow, 1 horizontally-stripedyellow/blue (forgot the names)). I've had them for a few months now and two are about 2-2.25" long and two are 1.5-1.75" or so long.
I had a Pleco (sailfin pleco, I believe) and he was about 2.5-2.75" long. I put him in the tank and he seemed fine for a while (about a month or so). I saw the cichlids very close to him on occasion but I never witnessed them actually nipping at him. It's possible they were but I'm not sure.
Soon enough, his fins were all tattered and bare, which I treated, but ended up taking him back to the fish store.
So I eventually get to my question - What kind of pleco should I get that could fend for himself vs the cichlids and how long should he be?
My tank is small (but won't be for much logner). 20G Long with 4 cichlids (all different; 1 albino, 1 orange, 1 yellow, 1 horizontally-stripedyellow/blue (forgot the names)). I've had them for a few months now and two are about 2-2.25" long and two are 1.5-1.75" or so long.
I had a Pleco (sailfin pleco, I believe) and he was about 2.5-2.75" long. I put him in the tank and he seemed fine for a while (about a month or so). I saw the cichlids very close to him on occasion but I never witnessed them actually nipping at him. It's possible they were but I'm not sure.
Soon enough, his fins were all tattered and bare, which I treated, but ended up taking him back to the fish store.
So I eventually get to my question - What kind of pleco should I get that could fend for himself vs the cichlids and how long should he be?
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