Hey can anyone help me ?

[u/Curious-Jaguar-4656]

Sooo i have owned fishes for 4 years now.. but i want something different like a betta or other fish. This tank is 70 Liters (18,4920437 gallons) i have owned all spiecies from tetra’s , guppies ect. Any suggestions? I would like groups with fish or 1 fish, just something more challenging! Help a girl out!!!

[u/EMI2085]

Some do, some don’t. It really depends on the betta. Your will hear stories of people who can’t even keep a snail with their bettas because they are so aggressive & terrorize the snail. But then others have them in a big community tank with 20 other fish & it’s all fine.

My guy is a common veil tail & he is super chill. I have him in with 3 African Dwarf Frogs & they all get along great. I also had a snail in there for a bit, but the water got too acidic for him.

I don’t think you need an algae eater, but if you did want one (like maybe a clown pleco or something small like that) you might want to add it to the tank first so when you add the betta the pleco will already be there before he has a chance to claim the whole tank for himself. That’s what I did with my apistogramma because he’s got a super spicy personality, lol.

[u/Curious-Jaguar-4656 → u/EMI2085]

Ive got snails, 1 Otocinclus and 1 kinda big pleco in here soooo ill see, any other tips ? 🧡

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[u/EMI2085 → u/Curious-Jaguar-4656]

I think a betta would most likely be fine with those tank mates. 😊 Also, is your pleco a common pleco? If so, he’s going to need a ridiculously huge tank or a pond. Those guys get Huuuge.

[u/Curious-Jaguar-4656 → u/EMI2085]

Noooooooo lol I WISHHHHHHHH i got a friend with a common pleco! Ill show u a pic its roly insane! Mine is just 5-10 cm🧡🐟

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[u/EMI2085 → u/Curious-Jaguar-4656]

Lol, oh okay. Yours Isaac good size then.

The commons get so massive! It drives me crazy that they’re sold in basically every pet store. Idk why they can’t just sell the smaller breeds since those are easier to house. Years and years ago I got a common pleco for my 35 tank because the tag said “minimum tank size is 20g” & I thought he would enjoy all the extra space in my tank. But soon enough he was covering half the bottom of the tank & I had to take him back. Plus the poop, oh my soul. 😅 I would clean the tank & he would redecorate it with strands of poop garland.

[u/Curious-Jaguar-4656 → u/EMI2085]

Hahahah i feel u with the poop 😔 but they dont say that they are common?? And they sell plecos in every size in my special fish shop!! But maybe its the country lol. Are u sad that u took it back?

[u/EMI2085 → u/Curious-Jaguar-4656]

In specialty fish shops they do sell lots of sizes, but in chain stores in the US they only seem to sell Common Plecos. And back when I got him (which was like 15 years ago) the tag said they only needed 20g, which is like 160 gallons too small, lol. I just wish the big chain stores would sell the smaller varieties, because that’s where a lot of people go for their first tanks.

I like them, but I am not sad I took him back, lol. If I had a pond I would love to have a common pleco in it. 😁 But I live in the desert, so ponds are hard to do here.

[u/Curious-Jaguar-4656 → u/EMI2085]

Oooooo that explainssss!!

[u/EMI2085 → u/Curious-Jaguar-4656]

Hey, be sure to update us about what fish you decide for this tank! And post pictures. I would love to see once it’s all set up. 😊

[u/Curious-Jaguar-4656 → u/EMI2085]

Heyy i deff will but it will take some time as i have still other fish in the tank, inwas thinking if the beta would fit in a 7,5 gal tank some ppl said yes but idk lol 😜