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	royal pleco in 75g
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	could i add a royal pleco to my 75g i have a 2 blue acara, 1 green severum, 5 giant danios, 5 yoyo loaches. the plec is 3 and a half inches. it would be temporarily till i get my 125g up and running. it would be 2 months at the most. all i have left is get the substrate in and install the the filter. also how difficult are they to keep Last edited by greenmonkey51 at 08-Jan-2005 14:35
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Yeah, a royal pleco should be okay in there. They are fairly easy to take care of, and will get along with the other fish you've got. 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 12:04
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	For now, he'll do great. A tank upgrade is highly reccomended, though.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	why wouldn't a 75g be good for a royal pleco.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	It's a very, very thickly built, somewhat timid pleco which can reach 14 inches in length. This means, as soon as you turn on your aquarium lights in the morning, you'll have a 14" monster tearing through your tank top speed. Plus, he just plain won't fit--there'll barely be any room for him to sit widthwise along the tank.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	so i can keep a 14in oscar that swims around a lot but i cant keep a 14in royal pleco that hides most of the time and doesn't do a lot of quick moving. and also grows very slow. hmm seems kinda of wierd. also it would have plenty of space to turn around even full grown it would have 4in.even if i moved it to my 125g the 125 and 75 has the same width. Last edited by greenmonkey51 at 09-Jan-2005 03:26
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Who said you could keep an oscar in a 75 gallon aquarium? A full grown oscar needs at least 100 gallons, IMO. 125 gallon tanks are two feet wide, which is NOT the same as a 75 gallon. Also, as aforementioned, acclimating royals are shy and will tear across the tank if spooked, much faster, I guarentee you, than an oscar does. Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 09-Jan-2005 17:44
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	125g are 18in not 2 feet wide
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Oh right, 120s are 24". Anyhoo, I suggest that you not keep them, then. I've seen full grown royals in 75 gallon tanks (our LFS doesn't have much room for amny larger tanks), and they do look miserable. Given the necessity for decor, you're even more hard pressed for space with these guys. You're best off keeping smaller, less bulkier plecos.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	im goimg to get one anyways. they grow slow so who knows which tank will be its permanent home
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	They grow fairly quickly, but you're not going to listen anyways. If you ignore suggestions that is not complementary to your proposed idea, what's the point in creating a topic asking for advice? Doesn't make any sense to me. I sure as hell wouldn't like to be stuck in a six foot wide room for the rest of my life, but hey, that's just me, right?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04


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