what plecos for african tanks?

[valerie]

I'm looking for a pleco for my 90gal peacock tank, so i thought i would check to see what other people keep with their plecos.

Do you have a pleco or other algae eater in with your africans?

Anyone like to suggest a few i can check out for my tank. Ph 7.8 gh8 kh7 tank 90gals

 

[chaynes]

My favorite pleco in an African tank is a snail. Shrimp with ones that are under 1.5" and crayfish for those over 1.5". Alternate plecos are the algae brush. If I had to have a pleco in there I would go with a cheap one.

 

[ChilDawg]

According to Mark Phillip Smith in Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids, these genera of Loricariids are compatible with Cichlids from that rift lake: Acanthicus, Scobinancistrus, Pseudacanthicus, Glyptopterichthys, Megalancistrus, Panaque. Hopefully this helps...it may have to be narrowed down for your more aggressive fish, but, since I had the reference, I figured that I would help narrow this down a little for you.

 

[valerie]

thanks i will check out those names. I don't only want a pleco for algae control,I love plecos. Its just that i would prefer one that could keep my rocks(i have lots of rocks) clean since its hard to get in there are scrub them.

 

[scholar]

any pleco at 5 in ch max length would do. If bigger you need to feed it. Pracocks are not that aggressive. Rubbernose pleco max out at 5 i ches and cab be bought for $6 from Petsmart.

 

[valerie]

yeah i could get another dwarf pleco but i already have clowns,bristlenose, and rubber noses in different tanks. I was thinking that now i have a 90gal i would try something a bit bigger, 8-10" maybe

 

[VoodooChild]

I don't think that I'd do a Panaque. They're, in my opinion, much more preferable to soft, acidic water, which I'm assuming you don't have. I've had good luck with ancistrus, the bushies.

 

[ogopogo]

I have a 6" long common pleco in my African cichlid tank and he is doing just fine.

 

[tracyj027]

hi
I have an African tank(electric yellows,peacocks,socoloffs,and livingstoni) I have a clown pleco in there. They don't bother it and I put snails in there but my fish were picking at the fleshy parts of the snails,so I took them out.

 

[ERRN7]

I have two African tanks a 90gal and a 150gal I have three in the 150 and 2 in the 90. I have a royal and common in the 90gal with a pair of fontosa's and brichardi I have a gold nugget a grey lepoard canathus (sp), and another one. All get along great the 150 is full of peacocks as well as other like minded fish....