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Well, let me put it to you this way.
I had a large endli bichir in my 75....14"...now, a bichir is more flexible and not as thick as a 14" pleco
Even though he didn't eat plants, he uprooted EVERYTHING just be swimming and turning.
Now, honestly, I don't see a planted tank working with a large pleco. Whatever it didn't devour (which I'm assuming it would devour most any plant) it would uproot.
If I were to even think of attempting that...I wouldn't do it in a tank any less than 2 times the width of the fish....meaning if it was a foot long pleco I wouldn't attempt a planted tank unless it was like...a 120 gallon or larger tank.
Even then, I'd only attempt low light plants like gals...maybe anubias. I'd be afraid that a pleco of that size would just munch on the leafs of anything large, and that any fine leafed stem plants would just get knocked around.
Just my two cents, and I'm sure others will say the same.
I had a large endli bichir in my 75....14"...now, a bichir is more flexible and not as thick as a 14" pleco
Even though he didn't eat plants, he uprooted EVERYTHING just be swimming and turning.
Now, honestly, I don't see a planted tank working with a large pleco. Whatever it didn't devour (which I'm assuming it would devour most any plant) it would uproot.
If I were to even think of attempting that...I wouldn't do it in a tank any less than 2 times the width of the fish....meaning if it was a foot long pleco I wouldn't attempt a planted tank unless it was like...a 120 gallon or larger tank.
Even then, I'd only attempt low light plants like gals...maybe anubias. I'd be afraid that a pleco of that size would just munch on the leafs of anything large, and that any fine leafed stem plants would just get knocked around.
Just my two cents, and I'm sure others will say the same.
