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Originally Posted by honeythorn
Also, don't replace your plec with anything other than a bulldog Plec if you really must have one . Common plecs and most of the typical species sold ( including bristlenoses ) grow far too large for 20 gallons. 14 inches is an easy feat for a common plec, and they can be bullies as well as kncoking decor over , shovelling up the gravel and uprooting any plants.
They also don't live solely off algae ( which many stores will tell you ) and do not clean the glass as many believe ( that mouth is for anchorage, not cleaning ). They're terrible waste producers too, bad as goldfish if not worse. I know a guy who specialises in plecs, adores the things, but I wouldn't have one for any money >.<
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Good stuff, I didn't know that about plecos, I mean I knew they couldn't just live off of algae and that they tend to not agree with plants, but didn't know they were that much of waste producers or that they got that big. Perhaps we shall instead replace the pleco with more cories.
Will six cories, six danios, and the turtle be okay in about 17 gallons? I've always been told that you should allow at least a gallon per inch of fish that you have (but that even small solitary fish need a tank that is at least 5 gallons to allow for proper mobility and such) and I can't remember how big the cories get and I don't really know how to factor in the turtle who spends much of his time on his dock.
I've been thinking about getting an additional 10 or 15 gallon tank but that will be later in January (once I've gotten my finances all straightened out from holiday spending), it was going to be for tetras but maybe I'll just keep the cories and turtle in the tank we have and the smaller tank could be for the danios.