That pleco is close to maxing out that tank, I hope he's fully grown and
not one of the foot long varieties ;) I've heard of people keeping
pleco's in ponds, but not sure how cold your pond gets in the winter, he
may not winter over as well as the Koi do.
About all you might change for your pleco is add him/her a piece of
drift wood. Almost all pleco's are wood eaters to some degree or
another, some eat a lot more wood than other types.
A school of neons wouldn't over populate the tank too much and would be
a good start for adding fish to the tank, make sure you don't add the
whole school at once, get a few fish, then a few more in a week or two.
That way the nitrifying bacteria has time to regrow inside the filter to
accommodate the new fish and not affect the tank too drastically.
Oh and welcome to the group :)
Amber
On 7/7/2013 4:51 PM, tattsmc wrote:
>
> Hey John,
> Thanks for the welcome.
> I've had it for about 4 months. Yes its in the same tank since my brother
> had him in when he got it 5-6 years ago, but he did have other fish.
> My brother basically had different tetras in there. They've all passed
> now
> except for the pleco. After my brother passed his wife didn't want the
> tank
> so I took it.
> I think the pleco is about 5 inches long. Right before I got it the last
> black tetra died.
> I have had little 10 gal tanks before in the past. Little
> neon's/guppies and
> a betta tank once. I seen a sick betta about half dead sitting on a
> walmart
> shelf and the softy I am bought a 10 gal tank to put it in and he
> lived for
> 4 years.
> I do have a Japanese Koi pond in the backyard. I've had it with the
> same Koi
> I started with for 14 yrs.
> I don't know a thing about pleco's. I asked the pet store owner and he
> told
> me they were community fish but I also know the guy is running a
> business as
> well. lol
> I've read conflicting infor on the web.
> I feed it the algae wafers and give it a zucchini once a week. Its seems
> happy enough. Is there anything else it likes to munch on?
>
> Tatts
>
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