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	butterfly pleco
aviator Hobbyist Posts: 120 Kudos: 55 Votes: 0 Registered: 04-Aug-2003	Orginally, I was going to get a BN to go with my barbs in my 20 gal, but I came across a butterfly pleco. Would it be fine to get one of those instead?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Butterfly pleco? I assume we're talking about dekeyseria sp. here. A 20 gallon is a a bit cramped for them: I would suggest nothing less than a thirty.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	Are you talking about Dekeyseria/Zonancistrus plecs or Hillstream Loaches? In any case, neither are really good algae eaters. Last edited by Shinigami at 13-Mar-2005 16:20 -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Zonancistrus, just to clarify things for the topic creator, is an alternately proposed name for a genus of loricariids containing both the chameleon and the scribble line flounder plecos. Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 13-Mar-2005 19:30
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	A little further clarification: The Dekeyseria butterfly pleco would be compatible with your barbs, it would just get a little too large for the tank. Five or six inches of waste-manufacturing pleco is too much for a twenty gallon tank, though a small butterfly would be okay in there for the short term. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Well, I guess it's not so much space as it is the stress on the bioload of such a small tank. I reckon a 5 inch fpleco could be pretty happy in a twenty long, but not with a school of messy fish such as barbs AND another loricariid (specifically the BN). Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 13-Mar-2005 19:52
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
aviator Hobbyist Posts: 120 Kudos: 55 Votes: 0 Registered: 04-Aug-2003	Ok, I'll just go with the BN then.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05


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