thanks everybody for your imput. i'll be at my LFS on saturday so i'll see what they have, i know they have syno multies but they're too expensive, i don't knwo if they have any others.

I was wondering what sort of catfish/s i could put in my 55gal african tank to clean up after my messy Mbunas, when i say clean up i mean, eat up all the left over cichlid pellets that the fish are to blind to see :D i know synos are a good choice but i need something a bit cheaper. in Austrlalian ...

Thanks everyone for your comments.

Just one more thing
Is the gibbys armoured plate as tough when it is young about 5cm long?

yes i do recognise you from somewhere else lol thanks for the welcome

hey i'm stebo, i've been keeping fish for a about 6 years. atm i have a 55gal african mbuna tank running. i joined this forum to find out more about pl*cos because i will soon be purchasing a Gibbicep (sailfin pl*co).

good to be here
stebo

P.S as you might be able to tell, i'm from Australia (whoa ...

I want to buy a small 5cm gibbicep (sailfin pleco) and put it in my 55gal african tank. i know they grow large, my LFS has no problem taking him back for store credit when he gets too big. I just have a few questions

Will he adjust to the higher ph?

Can he defend himself against my Cobalt blue ...