New 55g Tank, Could use advice - Page 2

susankat · 07-13-2011, 06:45 PM

Watch your moss with the pleco, they are bad at tearing it up trying to rasp the wood. I would find a bn for that tank soon as when the pleco starts growing he will be to big for the tank. Once they start getting bigger, he will tear up lots of plants just moving around in there.

holly12 · 07-13-2011, 10:13 PM

BN plecos are great! (Like Susan said.) They are much gentler on plants and don't get very big at all!

lamiskool · 07-14-2011, 12:01 AM

hmm ya, i actually wanted a bn pleco and was going to get one but the store i went to first didnt have one so i ended up getting the common pleco. was intending to return it when they got a bn pleco but got attached to it so know i dont know what im going to do because i dont want to return it back to the pet shop

susankat · 07-14-2011, 12:30 AM

Here is a pic of my common, he's in a 90 gal and when he gets to big for it he will go into the 220 gal.

majerah1 · 07-14-2011, 09:52 AM

Susan,Everytime I see him,Im still impressed.

susankat · 07-14-2011, 12:37 PM

One of these days I need to pull him out and get another pic of him, he has grown somewhat since this pic. I put a 3 inch one in a 55 to move to the 90 when he gets bigger after I move the big boy and in 3 months he is hitting close to 7 inches. Faster grower I have ever had.

jrman83 · 07-14-2011, 12:47 PM

Do you think the 220 will ever be too small? How old is he?

susankat · 07-14-2011, 01:54 PM

Don't know how old he is, and yes the 220 can get to small if he reaches 24 inches as the tank is 24 inches from front to back. By that time he will go into a pond or to the states aquarium.

lamiskool · 07-14-2011, 06:41 PM

lol to the pond =P and that is one beautiful pleco, would love if mine would just stay small and cute....

majerah1 · 07-14-2011, 07:01 PM

How much does that thing way,Susan?

holly12 · 07-14-2011, 07:20 PM

wow. that is one. big. pleco!

lamiskool · 07-14-2011, 07:29 PM

hmm ya wonder how much does it weigh and is i heard you can train it to get used to being scratched/pet and can feed it with your hands, is that true?

susankat · 07-14-2011, 07:54 PM

I'm not sure but close to 4 lbs I would guess, maybe more. I had one once before that I raised from a 2 1/2 inches to 18 inches. He would come to the top of the tank to get brine shrimp from my hand along with the 14 inch ghost knife. I ended up giving both of those to the Tulsa zoo and I still see them once in awhile. The ghost is about 20 inches now, and the pleco is a good 2 foot.

holly12 · 07-14-2011, 09:21 PM

That's awesome! I'd name him Tiny! Lol. He's a handsome fishy! It's cool that you can pet them..... didn't know you could.

Storm · 07-29-2011, 10:34 AM

Hi, I'm new here, and I'm about to put together a 55 gallon tank very similar to yours. I was wondering, now that you've had it in operation a few months, is there anything you would have done differently than you did?

What CO2 system did you end up going with? Is the lighted hood you recommended working well for the plants? Thanks for the parts list - it is really helpful. I'm pretty sure I'm going to go external canister for filtration as well.

lamiskool · 08-01-2011, 07:37 PM

hmmm the light seems fine but i might have gone with the T5HO light instead, i think the wavelength of the bulbs for those are better for plants, everything still seems to be fine and growing well. I ended up getting a rena xp3 canister filter also. I ended up buying a all in one co2 regulator and tank from theplantedtank forums. if you need help or anymore questions just let me know.

37tall · 08-03-2011, 12:24 PM

what kind of plants are those? the ones that look like palm trees. very cool!

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