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Hi,
i hope this is in the right catagory, i'm going to get a jewel rio 125 and would like to have a clown plec and some cory sterbai (about 6) with a shoal of neons what speacial things do these catfish need and would the tank be big enough?

Kerwin,
I would be happy to try to help, but have no idea what a Rio Jewel 125 is. Is that 125 gallons or 125 liters?
-Shane

its 125 litres

Big enough.

ifg it's only neons and sterbai's in there -you might add something small that chomps on algae too- you can easily put in 6-8 sterbai and 15 or so Neons and have room for other fish if those aren't territorial.

sand is THE way to go for Corydoras, not gravel. apart from that it's all personal taste; rocks, wood, planting etc.

The Clown plec would like some wood to chew. it's not a very good windowcleaner, but it DOES like to eat aquariumplants, next to wood. especially Echinodorus. high on the list of things that taste good in the Panaque-opinion ;)

sidguppy wrote:The Clown plec would like some wood to chew. it's not a very good windowcleaner, but it DOES like to eat aquariumplants, next to wood. especially Echinodorus. high on the list of things that taste good in the Panaque-opinion ;)

I'd say "wood to chew" is a "must" rather than s "like", as it's part of the natural food.

Mine don't seem to bother plants much, but I've got LOTS of wood and feed quite a lot of vegetables that are probably more paleatable than the plants.

I'd recommend getting one (or a pair - and a second tank for babies ) for algae cleaning duties...

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Mats

i've also seen some bristlenoses, which plec would be better for a beginner a clown plec or a bristlenose as i've never ahd plecs before?

if there's wood in the tank it makes no difference. if there's no wood in it go for the Bristlenose, these are very easy to keep.

The common bristlenose is probably the easiest fish to keep ever.

Other species of this genus ranges from easy to difficult, so it depends on which one you're on about.

Bristlenoses do very well as algae eaters, so you'll never have a problemm with too much algae growing in the tank...

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Mats

Just one more thing would you say the 125l would be heavy for a bedroom, it's going near the corner of the room against the wall, the house is only about 8 years old and is made of brick

125 kg is the weight of the water, and the weight of the stand and tank won't add MUCH to that, perhaps 20-30kg more. That makes 150 kg - 330 pounds or 23 stones in "old money".

Now, if a person (or two) of 23 stones can stand on the floor without it collapsing, then so should the tank...

Not a problem.

However, bear in mind that a fish-tank will make noises. How much depends on what types of filters and pumps go with it, but it's definitely going to have SOME noice with it.

It may not sound much if you're just sitting around next to it in your living room, but at night when you're trying to sleep, it's a different story...

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Mats