Can I keep a peruvian pictus?

hotsauce48 · Post by **hotsauce48** » 05 Jan 2009, 23:49

I have a 29 gallon tank and am for sure getting either a clown,butterfly or bristlenose pleco with some neon tetras and glolites.My tank is planted and I'm getting more plants,plus I have driftwood.Can I get a peruvian pictus( )

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MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 06 Jan 2009, 00:07

P. pictus will probably eat Neons and other small tetras.

A 29g tank is a bit on the small size for P. pictus, as they do best in a group of 5 or so, and given their full size (around 6") combined with their frantic activity when they are out and about, I'd say that's a bit too small a tank - a 55g would make a perfect tank for P. pictus.

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T4FR · Post by **T4FR** » 07 Jan 2009, 20:33

29g, thats like 100 liters, or something like that, right?
Thats way to small for a group of clown loaches (if that is what you are meaning by clown) they will grow to 30cm (thats like 12 inches I thought) so a good tank size for them would be like a 750g tank, not a 29.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 07 Jan 2009, 21:34

T4FR wrote:29g, thats like 100 liters, or something like that, right?
Thats way to small for a group of clown loaches (if that is what you are meaning by clown) they will grow to 30cm (thats like 12 inches I thought) so a good tank size for them would be like a 750g tank, not a 29.

A 120g [note also that a standard US 125g tanks are longer but narrower, so less suitable to "long" fish] tank would be about right for a 12" (30cm) fish, as it's about 4ft long and 2ft side and height. But I agree that the mature size of a clown loach is not suitable for most average aquaria.

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Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 07 Jan 2009, 23:40

MatsP wrote:
T4FR wrote:29g, thats like 100 liters, or something like that, right?
Thats way to small for a group of clown loaches (if that is what you are meaning by clown) they will grow to 30cm (thats like 12 inches I thought) so a good tank size for them would be like a 750g tank, not a 29.
A 120g [note also that a standard US 125g tanks are longer but narrower, so less suitable to "long" fish] tank would be about right for a 12" (30cm) fish, as it's about 4ft long and 2ft side and height. But I agree that the mature size of a clown loach is not suitable for most average aquaria.

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Mats

Plus clown loaches like the company of other clown loaches so a group of 6 or so works best

racoll · Post by **racoll** » 07 Jan 2009, 23:57

and am for sure getting either a clown,butterfly or bristlenose pl*co

I think hotsauce48 was talking about a clown pleco.

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 08 Jan 2009, 00:01

racoll wrote:
and am for sure getting either a clown,butterfly or bristlenose pl*co
I think hotsauce48 was talking about a clown pl*co.

A-ha! far fewer problems with one of those

T4FR · Post by **T4FR** » 08 Jan 2009, 16:28

4 feet = 120cm right? (You really should try the metric system like the rest of the world, and for that matter, driving right

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Even for a 30cm pleco that (120x60x60cm) would be way to small in my book. I would keep a clownloach in at least a 300x90x60cm, but if you increase the hight a bit for better looks, you would end up at something like 750g fast.

But problems would be way less with a clownpleco ofcourse!
What sizes has this 29g tank?

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