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I just moved into a house with a 44 gal fish tank, but with only a lone plecostomus inside. What would be some good fish to add to the tank. I've read plecostomus can be aggressive, so would the other fish have to be fast enough to run away? How many fish could fit before the tank's too crowded?
>> Anonymous
kill the fucker and let some seahorses and clownfish in there.
>> Anonymous
>>116558
Octopi and lobsters.
>> Anonymous
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id say get chiclids

firemouths FTW
>> Anonymous !4X8vLLNDE2
Don't listen to anyone that's posted telling you to stuff your tank full of stupid rare or aggressive sea creatures. Chiclids would probably be fine, however, they're common enough and really, though they're supposed to be aggressive, don't fuck with plecostomes or whatever. Your lone bottom feeder ISN'T an aggressive fish and as long as you don't act like a retard and put five different fish in the same tank you'll be fine. I guess think of it like an apartment. How many other strange people doing whatever they wanted could you tolerate before some shit got out of hand? Keep it to three fish in the tank, total, and even then be very cautious.
>> Anonymous
I dont think your plecostomus will be aggressive The plecs i have owned have been peaceful just swimming around cleaning my tank of algae, How big is it?

If your still worried about it eating fish you add buy species that cant fit into its mouth
>> Anonymous
Could you post pictures of your tank and pleco if possible, I find it easier too judge what you could stock with seeing the size of your fish/tank then visualizing it

Im the ops picture is a google search
>> OP
>>116585
Sorry. Can't find my camera. Still haven't really finished moving into said house yet. Not sure where everything is. I'll get a good picture before I ask any more
>> Anonymous
Plecs are logs with fins. I think the "aggression" you've heard about is their tendency to suck on other slow moving fish that stick to the bottom-- but even that's kind of rare in my experience.

Since it's a 44g and the plec isn't going to bother most things, get whatever you want that won't outgrow the tank. Though really, I'd get rid of the pleco, they're useless and do nothing but make massive amounts of poop for you to clean.
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Here's the tank. You can see the lone plecostomus in there. It's not terribly big as I read some get up to 2'. There used to be a second pleco, but I think it died a few weeks before we moved in.
>> OP
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And a closer shot. If they poop a lot, is there something that'll eat the poop for me? The tank belongs to my dad's girlfriend, I don't know to much about fish.
>> Anonymous
I would say something like a clown knife or even some chiclids would be okay, but both tend to grow pretty large and can be aggressive
>> Anonymous
>>116661
some kinda catfish or crustacean will, but catfish can be mean little fuckers and crustaceans tend to escape a lot if you don't have a secure lid on the tank
>> Anonymous
plecs don't tend to eat anything but algae, that's the only reason people keep them. it'll spend most of its days stuck to the side of your tank. don't get angel fish of any kind, great looking, but tend to eat the skin off of smaller fish. yummy!
>> Anonymous
>>116661
Get little shrimp. Shrimp are awesome.
>> INVALID
I've never had an issue with a pleco, other then size.
My two got FUCKING HUGE.. I mean.. seriously huge.. and not as in fat..

I've never seen one be.. aggressive.. or dirty even... o.O

I used to spend a large portion of my nights, watching my tanks to help me fall asleep, and my plec would just.. shuffle along, suck on some rocks, wave his fan, suck on some rocks.. etc.

Keep him, they're pretty neat lil fishies.
>> Anonymous
Yes, plecos can grow fast to a size of half a meter.
You can try to feed it vegetable, like cucumber.
They love to suck on green fish drops.
>> Anonymous
http://www.aquascapeonline.com/store/Scripts/default.asp

Get some red bellied piranhas!
>> tigerfeather !CrwtTbFNxQ
Jeez guys, saltwater stuff and piranhas for a beginner? You know better.

Go to your local pet store (take a look at the tanks first....make sure the fish look healthy before buying and messing up your tank), and get some tropical community fish. Ask the dudes that work there which ones are which. You can pretty much mix any community fish. Play it safe, stay away from aggressive species, and enjoy your tank.
>> Anonymous
Plecos will only get huge if you have a huge tank, for a tank that sized it shouldn't get too much larger, if indeed it grows. A Pleco's maximum size is determined by its environment, which they almost never outgrow.
>> Anonymous
>>116813
That's an old wives tale.

What would work best for you, since you don't know much about fish, are probably a few platies, blackskirt/neon/glowlight tetras and zebra danio. Thoser fish are extremely hardy, and much more forgiving of poor water conditions, so they make perfect first fish.

If I were you, I'd get six neons and six glowlights, and maybe add some decor like driftwood, and some more plants. That's a pretty good starting point if you want a nice looking tank.
>> OP
Thanks for the advice
>> Anonymous
I would get some neon tetras, in my experience they're perfect "first fish". Growing up, I had tetras and a pleco (great for keeping the tank algae free) and they all got along great until my mom got a chiclid that ate them all and then exploded.
>> Anonymous
^ I'd go with tetras, too.

They're attractive, they won't outgrow your tank, they're docile towards other species...

I had a school of neons happily co-existing with a pleco in my old tank.
>> Anonymous
I'd get mollies or platies. Get a bunch and you'll end up with babies! I've always liked Silver dollar tetra too. They look like piranha imo. I second danios.

But now that I think about it. I'd stay away from any fish with a tall flat profile, silver dollars, angels, gouramis etc. to discourage your pleco from sucking on them.
>> sage
>>116665
No fish besides scats eat poop, you retard. And even scats don't just graze on it all day. I'm so tired of seeing people that think corydoras, etc eat it. Just vacuum it out of your tank like a good fish owner.
>> Anonymous
We used to have one 20cm long and it gave a huge bite to another poor fish. The bastard bit all the meat off it's ribs and left it alive. We had to get rid of it (flushing sound).

Pretty darn funny btw :D
>> Anonymous
i would suggest fancy guppies, kuhli loaches, and dwarf puffers. just make sure you're good about feeding them, or the puffers will attack/eat your other fish. i was once gone for 24 hours and came home to a guppy with missing entrails and a happy puffer. oops.
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common plecos get HUEG
>> Anonymous
if the filtration is right, you shouldnt even have to vacuum the poop more than 3 times a month, especially with a low population.

neons and similar are great for building up the population. i would add 4 or 5, let the environment settle and add some more

i would also add some real plants in there, fish like them
>> Anonymous
>>116985

No, you don't want Dwarf Puffers. One thing is that they're brackish water fish and do better with some salt in the tank. Besides, the little buggers, while insanely cute and will follow your finger around the tank, are aggressive. They will attack/eat your other fish.

Tetras and danios are a good start. I had a Black Skirt that lived for five years, so they're hearty fish. Also, Rasboria are a good choice too.
>> Anonymous
>>116558
I'm a little freaked out. My pleco, Lovecraft, looks like that one, and lives in a tank just like yours.

I have 2 clown loaches, a cory, an African brown knife, and some retarded yellow gourami in with him. No aggression issues with the other fish, but Lovecraft puffs his fins up if I get near the tank, and then takes off in a flurry of gravel.

Your pleco looks small still, but it will get huge. Mine is almost 18" long now, and still growing, I fear.
>> Anonymous
Fucker
>> Anonymous
those fish eat algae so when they get big your gonna need to throw in some veges so they can eat something
>> Anonymous
If your tank was long instead of what appears to be a hex it would be a lot simpler to get the fish. For example I have a 55 gallon tank, rectangular, with 3 male bettas who will not fight on top of many goldfish, tetras, a few little plecos, one huge one about the size of the 1st pic, some guppies and a lot of ghost shrimp.... but the fish find the ghost shrimp tasty so they rarely last long. Get some banana plants ^_^
>> Anonymous
>>118136
keeping goldfish in a heated aquarium isn't too good for them