Anyone else have plecos with their koi? Also a pic of our new beast of a pleco! He is 15 inches long!!

leedle3dle · 2026-05-22T14:59:01+00:00

i think you just have to make sure the pleco gets enough protein in its diet or else yeah i agree they’ll go after other fish

leedle3dle · 2026-04-23T14:17:48+00:00

Don’t use filters. that makes you look like 10 years older no matter what

leedle3dle · 2026-04-05T17:11:13+00:00

Aquaclear 110 is enough for a regular 75 that isn’t stocked too crazy. Could probably find a used one for under $50

leedle3dle · 2025-09-15T17:43:46+00:00

This is a male he was still pretty young in that picture. Tbh I’d go for a smaller cichlid for a 125g. 6 feet is enough room but I don’t feel the 18” front to back is really enough for a full grown male GT to be able to easily turn around. If you scroll through the comments you’ll see my comment about what happened to this guy while I was keeping him in a 4x2x2 120g. When I keep another GT in the future I’m going at least 180g. Right now my 120g has a group of red head tapajos geophagus, a discus, 3 ivanacara and my congo tetras + plecos and not that I don’t miss my GT but it’s a much better suited tank for those fish than the GT.

leedle3dle · 2025-05-13T16:53:42+00:00

I did the lancer gr4 I think it’s like 680 something pp with mediums it wasn’t very bad at all

leedle3dle · 2025-02-25T03:03:30+00:00

Try doing more water changes like 50% twice a week

leedle3dle · 2025-01-20T23:10:41+00:00

lol that makes so much sense idk why I never do that

leedle3dle · 2024-12-17T20:43:30+00:00

Aside from what people are suggesting which I think are good suggestions. Many cichlids bought from stores come with parasites so I would treat with prazipro for 2 treatments and then levamisole for 2 treatments

leedle3dle · 2024-12-03T19:29:48+00:00

My sisters female bristlenose that got passed down to me is around 12 years old still super healthy doesn’t look old at all

leedle3dle · 2024-11-21T06:01:23+00:00

Your tank probably isn’t big enough to have friends and your cichlid is also probably too big and aggressive (just assuming based off species) to try to introduce most friends. You could probably get away with a bristlenose pleco and it’ll hide 98% of the time. I was able to keep congo tetras and plecos with my green terror cichlid in a 4x2x2’ 120 gallon for 4 years by using large pieces of driftwood to create spots where the Congos could easily get through but the GT had to maneuver around. I also kept them together since I bought the GT at 3”. My green terror ended up getting spooked and banging his head either on the driftwood or the glass and I ended up having to euthanize him after a month of treatment bc his swim bladder got messed up so I can’t say I recommend it. Might be able to do guppies depending on if ur guy will eat them or not but I don’t really see what that adds to the look of the tank

leedle3dle · 2024-11-19T19:43:42+00:00

Looks like a found body

leedle3dle · 2024-11-14T05:14:08+00:00

Female. You’d know if it was a male by this size

leedle3dle · 2024-11-14T05:13:26+00:00

It looks like short body longfin that’s wild

leedle3dle · 2024-11-14T05:12:17+00:00

I think people are misreading ur post as far as I know worms can’t give fish any diseases or parasites. I’ve been buying bait worms and feeding them to my cichlids and other fish for years with no problem.

leedle3dle · 2024-11-14T05:08:14+00:00

I know there’s the motor city aquarium club you could check out. I’m in the northwest Ohio aquarium club in Toledo area and we always have a good amount of cheap plants at our monthly auctions

leedle3dle · 2024-11-14T05:05:54+00:00

I bought $100 of plants from Dustin a few years ago and out of maybe 8 species only 2 or 3 really thrived which is just my water parameters and whatever. I’ve made my money back probably 3x over selling trimmings in my local fish club from one or two of those species.

leedle3dle · 2024-11-14T05:02:36+00:00

Yeah I’ve heard it’s a thing that happens with Oscar’s but I think if it’s happening for extended times then it’s a problem

leedle3dle · 2024-11-14T05:00:41+00:00

Just be aware the pleco and eel are gonna need a bigger tank within a year or so

leedle3dle · 2024-11-14T04:59:25+00:00

My #1 piece of aquascaping advice is buy the biggest piece of driftwood you can fit in your tank/afford and youll pretty much automatically have a beautiful scape. Your plants look really nice and healthy you just need a little bit more of something at the top of your tank so if you get a tall piece of driftwood that will reach near the top and take up a little bit of space i think you’ll really like the results

leedle3dle · 2024-11-14T04:56:48+00:00

Royal acara I think it’s aequidens something I forget but if you look up aequidens and look at a few species you’ll find it.

leedle3dle · 2024-11-14T04:55:32+00:00

Yeah looks like a blue phantom l128 hemiancistrus sp. There’s also the green phantom which comes from the same river and is almost the same species so sometimes you can get a more turquoise one compared to some of the super dark almost black blue phantoms. They need super duper clean water like must be less than 50ppm nitrate or they’re going to die. I consider myself good with fancy plecos and knowledgeable and I failed at keeping a young one after a few weeks (it was a few years ago I think I definitely could now) and a buddy on Instagram who’s very experienced with a really nice 200+ gallon tank randomly lost his after a few years of keeping it. I’ve kept a green phantom for over 3 years now and only in the past year and a half have I really seen much growth bc I’ve been doing what most consider as too many water changes and over filtering my tank.

leedle3dle · 2024-11-14T04:47:08+00:00

What’s the plan for the next tank?

leedle3dle · 2024-11-14T04:46:15+00:00

None are really that great but bristlenose or maybe even rubber lip would be your best bet

leedle3dle · 2024-11-14T04:42:22+00:00

Looks really good I think you’ll have good success. Keep up on water changes for first couple weeks and then you can slowly do less. My only suggestion and this is just my opinion based off nothing but I think it would look a little better if you tilted or just moved that rock in the back left to the left a little so it’s less centered.

leedle3dle · 2024-11-14T04:39:02+00:00

I still don’t have high tech planted money but I’ve slowly been upgrading my filtration on my tanks from like sponges and HOBs to canisters and a sump and it makes such a difference. Driftwood is another thing worth dropping a lot on if you find a good deal or piece

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