'Biotope style' Pleco Tank setup

[wasabi8888]

Hi all

My new tank still in cycling stage. Will house L134, L128, L27, L236 and 1 albino BN Long Fin

It's not a planter tank though, so mods please move if it's irrelevant





Tank: 2 Ft Juwel Tank Rekord 70
Filter: Eheim 2028 with Installation Kit 1 & 2 and Ehiem Venturi

Gravel: ADA Sarawak

Lighting: 2 FL (Amazonian 1 Day White and Arcadia Pink)

Backdrop: Juwel Rock 600

[doubleace]

Wah Jeff.. nice setup you have there.. Your plecos will love it!
Your backdrop is a poster?

[wasabi8888]

Wah Jeff.. nice setup you have there.. Your plecos will love it!
Your backdrop is a poster?

Nope.. styrafoam..

[doubleace]

oh I see.. nice backdrop.

[celticfish]

everyone loves it and there aren't any fish yet!!
now wasn't the effort all "worth it"?

[benny]

Woah!! The substrate and the background is very well matched! Good visual effect! Hopefully the water will turn a bit brownish to complete the 'wild' effect.

Cheers,

[valice]

Sweet!!!
Look at all the caves under the driftwood.
Your plecos will love them.

[Goondoo]

Sweet!!!
Look at all the caves under the driftwood.
Your plecos will love them.

I thought I read somewhere plecos will chew the foam as well.... hmmm... will be tough trying to dig those old search I did years ago....

[benny]

Yes billy. Certain species will do that. Panaque spp. for sure. But L046 don't seem to exhibit this behaviour.

Cheers,

[wasabi8888]

Yes billy. Certain species will do that. Panaque spp. for sure. But L046 don't seem to exhibit this behaviour.

Cheers,

eerrrrh... this tank is not for the L46s. It's for the L134, L236, L27, L128 and albino BN.

If panaque will chew on styrafoam, i will sell that L27 away.

I will add black water soon and hopefully the DW will start leeching.

Is it OK to add blackwater during cycling?

[Titus]

eerrrrh... this tank is not for the L46s. It's for the L134, L236, L27, L128 and albino BN.

If panaque will chew on styrafoam, i will sell that L27 away.

I will add black water soon and hopefully the DW will start leeching.

Is it OK to add blackwater during cycling?

Actually it depends on the Pleco itself. Can just test it for a while. Some won't anyhow chew, while others will even chew silicon.

[wasabi8888]

Is it the panaque family that has the reputation to chew foam or silicon? THought they are wood eaters

[marle]

nice setup for plecos.. are you adding any plants?

[valice]

I thinking for the grasping and damage of foam is partly due to the dentures of the Panaque family when they go round the tank grazing for food. Can imagine that if they can scrap off wood, what is styrofoam to those dentures?!

[Titus]

Is it the panaque family that has the reputation to chew foam or silicon? THought they are wood eaters

They are wood eaters indeed. But some of them has itchy mouth chew on everything, including wires if you have a submerge pump in the tank

[wasabi8888]

nice setup for plecos.. are you adding any plants?

Not adding any plants... biotope not supposed to have any plants....at least that's what some other people tell me.. if i want to add, I may have to go for echindorous family. Anyways my substrate is purposely thin as I do not intend to do planting.. too much fear from last time...

[BuTLeR]

keep it up bro.. do update us on your pleco setup....

[Repz]

nice arrangement
but i want to see the PLECOS!!
goto love the l numbers goto love the l27