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Can anyone tell a small specie of pleco2007-11-24 23:10:29

i want one for my 35 gallon tank

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Clown plecos are probably the smallest, but also, candy stripe pleco, zebra pleco, snowball pleco are a few small plecos, around 4 inches, but even at that, they still need around 30 gallons for just one.

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That's a big enough tank for most plecos, although as they grow,the size of the pleco may limit your choices of other fish.

You might look into alternative algae eaters. the Otocinculus, or "ottos" never get longer than three inches, but I will admit they don't do as good a job, and they do better in groups of at least three. It has also been my experience that they tend to die suddenly for no apparent reason.

There's a strange algae eating fish, sometimes called a "siamease pleco" which also stays very small. I hear they grow to be three inches long, but I've never seen one longer than two. They look a lot like a pleco, but with more rounded fins that make them almost appear to be rock-shaped. They do an excellent job of cleaning, and die suddenly much less often than ottos.

Both of these fish will clean your algae, and will not eat your plants... if that's an issue.

Apple snails never get more than about two inches wide. They really do a great job at cleaning, and have a lot of personality, which is not something you would expect from a snail. Be sure to get them when they're babies though... and moving. Most will try to "estevate" in the summer, and the aquarium isn't set up for that, so unless you do some pretty wild things, they tend to retreat into their shells, and die after about a year.