Not a great pic, but she is definitely peaceful - here sharing an algae wafer with a few kuhlis. https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5739/24047218061_f82a7b4c0c_z.jpg And a blurry shot of my other new addition. :d Also already out and about - visible plecos, yes! Just what I wanted. https://farm2.staticf...

Thanks! It's not important enough to me to sex her to catch her... But I'll try to get a zoomed/cropped pic when I can.

Yes, I am always a little worried with new wild caught fish eating. Here she is. I'll have to try to get an underside photo - is that the best angle for the gills? https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1519/24115962395_52441257ec_z.jpg https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1634/23489181053_b3abc92ff4_z.jpg She se...

Saw her eat her first prepared food - she went nuts over Repashy omnivore. So at least I know she'll take prepared food.

I eyed up the Sultan too! I can't remember why I took them off my list from the top of my head. They have those at my LFS too. Also beautiful!

I love them!

Ok, good to know! I have some with my good camera, so I might be able to zoom in also.

If you count the tail, she is about 4 inches.

I feel REALLY lucky to have that LFS and I also have another one closer to me that is smaller but they do a pretty good job as well.

This tank is very well established and my LFS has very healthy fish. I have had no problem (knock on wood) with acclimatizing fish, and since my water is soft, I think they'll be ok. I acclimatize them as recommended per the wet spot, and it seems to work well. The nice thing about having a reputabl...

I got a para! I spoke with the Wet Spot pleco guy and he said 6-7 inches is more typical for these guys and the 65 should be fine. I did pull out one piece of wood (at the base of the left branch) so there's a bit more floor space. She (total guess, they are hard to sex I understand) is very visible...

Crud! I missed that they can be 10 inches. I read in a couple spots that they can be in a 50-70 gallon..... Argh.... I was getting excited about them. ;) I do have a couple of caves. I could buy a pleco tube thing if you guys thought it would be worth it. I just need a huge tank to fill with all of ...

Hmmmm... there is a bit more substrate than it looks here but you're making me think again. There are what look like light colored rocks but those are just almond leaves. I also could remove rocks or stack them more for more substrate. Unless you mean they would prefer far less plants... This is a 3...

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1652/23867369981_972b79c9f5.jpg Here is pic of my tank currently (with some window reflection). If you look carefully you will see my farlowella. (It's like a where's waldo game.) ;) There is plenty of decor, there are lots of hiding spots in the wood, and there is ro...

I will definitely be asking about how many also. I am lucky in that the fish store I'm talking about is fantastic. Great fish, healthy, a great variety, and actually knowledgeable. Another contender that I missed initially in their stocking list is L075, para pleco. If I were to get that species I w...

I have been reading up more, and all of the other fish in my tank are happy at 80, so I will be upping the temperature. Still unsure which pleco for me. I still think, reading more about all 3 above, that any of them would work. They of course come at different price points. ;) I might just head ove...

Yes, I do have a heavily planted and scaped tank so that might be an issue. I clean weekly but I don't siphon the substrate directly other than the very top on occasion, and I certainly can't get to the substrate of quite a large chunk of my tank. My MTS are my substrate stirrers. ;) And thanks agai...

Thanks Teresa, I'll check them out! Edit: My LFS has the clowns, but I don't like the look of them as much. They also do have LDA001, which is a cool looking fish. Eats wood, in my temp range, sounds like they are less shy. Now I need to find out how much wood they eat. I have three pieces of wood i...

Ahhhh... Now that is a valuable resource - direct owner info! I'll definitely check that out.

As an aside, I do wish that this site had "minimum tank size" recommendations also. I think it would help the general public doing research on species to have.

Yes here's an example. Seriously fish says that the Hemiancistrus is good at 72 to 77°

This site says 77-86. I feel like I can usually trust seriously fish, but maybe not in this case.

Thank you! I have been reading a lot of different articles and online sources for a lot of different plecos over the past few days so it's all blending together. :) And of course some sources disagree. I tend to trust the files in here as well as seriously fish. But sometimes even they disagree. Now...

Thank you so much for your quick, helpful response! My tank is around 78. I'll check out the other species you recommend. Interesting that your Hemiancistrus like to be in the open. Maybe they're not as shy as I had made a note of. I've read that some types need fast currents, others not so much. Ar...

Hi there, I have a well-established planted 65 gallon community tank that I would like to add a pleco (or small group of plecos) to. A lot of the plecs that I think are really cool need a much larger tank as they grow, so I did a little research to find some smaller species that could live their ent...