Plecy gets a new home - with pics

[Ianab]

My goldspot pleco has outgrown my other tanks, so saved up a few pennies and got a bigger one. Still have some work to do, tidy up the stand with a nice wooden surround and build a light hood for it.

New Tank

Water is a bit cool out of the hose this time of year - think I'll leave it with the heater on untill tomorrow :-?

Captured Plecy without too much trouble.

He wasn't initially impressed with his new home and sat under the filter giving me the evil eye :evil: He wasn't upset enough to pass up a slice of mushroom overnight, so I dont think the move has upset him too much.

Even has some new tankmates to give the middle of the tank a bit more action. They are an active bunch of rouges and they are eating after about 2 hours in the tank 8)

All seems to be settling in OK, I am using a big internal Aqua-One filter that I had previously established in another tank for a couple of months so it should be OK building up the fish numbers slowly.

Any ideas on what other fish I could get? "Boisterous Community on a Budget" is probably the look I am going for I have a couple more Plecos that will end up in there and some kribensis which I will probably try and breed in one of the smaller tanks.

Cheers

Ian

[fishy_t]

Yeah some kind of cichlid is a must! :lol:

Kribs... Keyholes are nice and not agressive... If you can get hold of some good prices loaches they are always a laugh! - but I don't know how much of a budget you need to stick to cause they aren't always cheap...

[michael.qian]

Clown Loaches?

I saw them in Jensens the other day, selling 2 for $35, don't know if that's a good price or not though it's the only place I've looked at them. Hollywood might have them for cheaper though.