Common pleco
Pterygoplichthys pardalis
Heavy and slow; it rasps the glass at night and never moves by day.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 45 cm
- Smallest tank
- 250 cm
- Temperature
- 22–28 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Calm
- Water layer
- Bottom
- Care
- Moderate
- Group
- Lives on its own
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litresToo small
- Wide120 cm · 300 litresToo small
- Living room180 cm · 650 litresToo small
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres15 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Guppy
- Neon tetra
- Black ghost knifefish
- Oscar
- Bala shark
- Clown loach
- Frontosa
- Kissing gourami
- Severum
- Freshwater angelfish
- Rainbow shark
- Silver dollar
- Red rainbowfish
- Siamese algae eater
- Moonlight gourami
- Firemouth cichlid
- Bristlenose pleco
- Yoyo loach
- Peacock cichlid
- Swordtail
- Three spot gourami
- Denison barb
- Sailfin molly
- Pearl gourami
- and 59 more species
Caution
Not together
- Jack DempseyAggressive with peaceful
- Fancy goldfishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Red tail sharkAggressive with peaceful
- Convict cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Red zebra cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Demasoni cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Paradise fishAggressive with peaceful
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)Aggressive with peaceful
- White cloud mountain minnowWater temperatures do not overlap