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Basic information in The dwarf pleco. Thanks

I recently adopted an Oscar and two Pleco's from a friend. It threw me into the fish scene fast! They gave me a mostly bare 75gal tank, so I have been trying to deal with an Oscar at nearly 10in with two Pleco's that are currently 4ish in but growing. They were fine when smaller, hiding behind filters, but it is harder for them to hide from the VERY territorial, grumpy and hungry Oscar once they got bigger. So, I just placed drift pieces in the tank after letting them soak in a tub for weeks periodically flushing the tub to remove the tannins. I replaced the above filters with a canister filter that could handle that size of a tank. I staged it with the bio from the other filters. And the idea was to have the canister work as a medium so the tank could change a bit as the Pleco's mature, without causing too much stress.

@HobbyTimee

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pretty sound solution, Oscars are definitely a hard one to keep with other tank mates, especially smaller things as the Oscars will indeed bully anything that is smaller then them. Do you know if those pleco's are common plecos? or bristlenoses? common pleco's will keep growing and growing, can get to almost 2 feet in length, which for a large tank like a 75gal, that's not so bad assuming you want larger fish. bristlenose only get to about 5-8inches max depending on species, perfect little cleaners for any nano tank! These Blue Phantoms are on the larger end of the bristlenose family (although they do not grow bristles) and tend to max out at about 7-8 inches, but they are incredibly slow-growing and will take years to achieve that length!