pleco for nano tank??

ethanleow · 24-03-2012, 04:04 PM

what are the pleco suitable for nano tank?? tank size is 22x15x17cm. is L333 suitable??

**johannes** · 24-03-2012, 04:13 PM

Hey bro you can keep the various species of Otocinclus in your mentioned tank size.
There are green, tiger, zebra and normal oto available in our LFS from time to time..
After all, they are Loricariidae as well...

ethanleow · 24-03-2012, 04:28 PM

hi bro, how about L333. anyway the tank iscurrently housing plecos

ethanleow · 24-03-2012, 04:29 PM

sorry typo, currently housing tetras.. not plecos

matubula · 25-03-2012, 12:18 AM

Your 'tank' is 5.6 litres/1.2 gallons gross volume, which will probably be reduced further by 10-25% when you include everything else. To but that into perspective I use buckets for water changes that are 30 litres/6.5 gallons.

IMO your tank isn't suitable for any fish, let alone plecos. If you want to keep plecos, like the L333 you mention, you should start with a 60x30x30 54 litre tank and you could happily keep a couple in there. The amount of problems you would face with such a small tank are immense. Save yourself, and more importantly the fish, the stress and trouble.

ethanleow · 25-03-2012, 03:26 AM

im not being rude here bro, i think as long as a good filtration system with proper amt of wc frequency as well as right bb.. i dont thinkthis tank size is not suitable fothe right type ofr fishes. im not here to be cruel and start a eco sphere or something. some nano tanks are even smaller than mentioned which has successfully raised fishes together with shrimps without any problem.

forcefeedback · 25-03-2012, 11:26 AM

Bro, rule-of-thumb, ratio of tank space to fish size should be 4:1, of course larger space should be more ideal. IMHO.

ethanleow · 25-03-2012, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by forcefeedback

Bro, rule-of-thumb, ratio of tank space to fish size should be 4:1, of course larger space should be more ideal. IMHO.

thx bro.. tts the reason im asking if its suitable for L333.. maybe ill get ottos instead or just leave it with tetras first

canopy · 25-03-2012, 03:04 PM

bro, best to keep otto. even u manage to keep the L333 alive it will not grow at all.

25-03-2012, 10:00 PM

best to keep L333 in 2ft tank .

24-03-2012, 04:04 PM	#1
ethanleow Dragon Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,696	pleco for nano tank?? what are the pleco suitable for nano tank?? tank size is 22x15x17cm. is L333 suitable??

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johannes Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 4,906	Hey bro you can keep the various species of Otocinclus in your mentioned tank size. There are green, tiger, zebra and normal oto available in our LFS from time to time.. After all, they are Loricariidae as well... __________________ Life is full of empty promises and broken dreams

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24-03-2012, 04:28 PM	#3
ethanleow Dragon Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,696	hi bro, how about L333. anyway the tank iscurrently housing plecos

24-03-2012, 04:29 PM	#4
ethanleow Dragon Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,696	sorry typo, currently housing tetras.. not plecos

25-03-2012, 12:18 AM	#5
matubula Dragon Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 795	Your 'tank' is 5.6 litres/1.2 gallons gross volume, which will probably be reduced further by 10-25% when you include everything else. To but that into perspective I use buckets for water changes that are 30 litres/6.5 gallons. IMO your tank isn't suitable for any fish, let alone plecos. If you want to keep plecos, like the L333 you mention, you should start with a 60x30x30 54 litre tank and you could happily keep a couple in there. The amount of problems you would face with such a small tank are immense. Save yourself, and more importantly the fish, the stress and trouble.

25-03-2012, 03:26 AM	#6
ethanleow Dragon Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,696	im not being rude here bro, i think as long as a good filtration system with proper amt of wc frequency as well as right bb.. i dont thinkthis tank size is not suitable fothe right type ofr fishes. im not here to be cruel and start a eco sphere or something. some nano tanks are even smaller than mentioned which has successfully raised fishes together with shrimps without any problem.

25-03-2012, 11:26 AM	#7
forcefeedback Arofanatic Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 150	Bro, rule-of-thumb, ratio of tank space to fish size should be 4:1, of course larger space should be more ideal. IMHO.

25-03-2012, 03:04 PM	#9
canopy Dragon Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,451	bro, best to keep otto. even u manage to keep the L333 alive it will not grow at all.

25-03-2012, 10:00 PM	#10
nicolas Guest Posts: n/a	best to keep L333 in 2ft tank .

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