Yah or Nah?

[pufferian]

SAPs + Red Eyes + plecos. Good idea or bad idea? Will my plecos (3"-4") get harassed by the puffers?

[dixieontheroad]

I had SAP's with Pleco's with no problems at all.

[pufferpuggirl]

I've had redeyes with plecos, no problem. I believe that Neale Monks keeps SAP's and irrubesco together, and it works for him -- however, I myself would never put those two together, but that's just me.

[Flutter]

I've got SAPs and added a pleco to deal with some diatom algae (already had her, just switched tanks). The SAPs bothered her for a few days but after that they're getting along fine. No nipped fins since the original few days.

[Pufferpunk]

How big is the tank? Common plecos grow to 18".

[bastallard]

Here's a cool looking pleco, they don't get that big. Their fins might be an invitation to be nipped though.

[bastallard]

http://brianstropicals.mybigcommerce.co ... enose.html

[Pufferpunk]

I usually don't like albinos but cool fish!!!

[emartin]

Longfin plecos are just ASKING for their fins to be picked at... People I know that keep and breed them locally by me keep them in species tanks or with juveniles/fry of other fish.

For a workhorse algae eater that don't get too big, get Ancistrus species.

There are a lot of new tank raised/line bred strains of ancistrus coming out. From Calico, to Red Marbled, to Chocolate Marbled, and standard black bristlenose and (my favorite and what I keep) Albino bristlenose.

Not my photo, but of an albino bristlenose:


These are links to photos of some of the other varieties of line bred Ancistrus becoming available:
http://www.davesfish.com/images/Ancistr ... Dragon.jpg
http://www.davesfish.com/images/Ancistr ... Marble.jpg
http://www.davesfish.com/images/Ancistr ... cistic.jpg

And your standard bristlenose pleco:




@Pufferpunk:
I agree, I don't like most albino fish. However, albino plecos and albino Protomelas steveni taiwan reef cichlids and albino Aulonocara jacobfreibergi "eureka albino" are nice:


And this is MY old male Protomelas steveni taiwan reef Albino. He was a beauty... He injured himself after getting stuck between jagged rocks and the tank glass and never recovered...constant reflaring up of infections no matter what anti-biotics I threw at it (probably a deficient immune system from being albino (actually I think this variety is more leucistic than true albino....just my opinion though)) and had to put him down.

[pufferpuggirl]

I've got an albino bristlenose and it's growing quite slowly, which is good. I've had him since he was minute, but something about albino species I like, even if they are supposed to be an oddity in the genes.