Common pleco
Hypostomus plecostomus
Also called pleco, plec, plecostomus.
Sold tiny, reaches the size of a forearm. Almost always a mistake.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 45 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 850 L, at least 180 cm long
- Temperature
- 23 to 28 °C
- pH
- 6.5 to 7.8
- Hardness
- 5 to 20 dGH
- Kept in
- ones or pairs
- Temperament
- peaceful
- Eats
- herbivore
- Swims
- near the bottom
- How hard
- easy
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether common pleco fit the tank you have.