8inch Pleco in a 45 gallon?

[BelieveInBlue]

a 10 inch oscar alone needs a 75 gallon; if you add something else into it, you'll need a 100 gallon, which is 6 feet. As is the case with just about any cichlid, the volume of the tank matters, but the footprint matters more. A 45g is a nice grow-out tank for an oscar, but bare in mind that a well-fed juvenile can grow at a rate of an inch every 1-2 months until it hits about 7-8 inches.

[Tazzy_toon]

yup, that's what they are thinking too, it will be a good grow out tank and perhaps in the new future they will move up to something much bigger, but they can't afford it atm.

He got a great deal on this tank, 45 gallon with everything for $50 it's a nice looking tank and well cared for, but the seller just got too busy.

I'm so jealous, I keep missing all the great deals like that. lol I found a 30 gallon with everything for $25 today, but it was in really rough shape.

[Elle]

If they want another common/sailfin pleco to grow out, the lady at my pet store is rehoming her 3" common for free and doesn't know where to go. I can't take it myself (no tank space where it won't be either eaten or overcrowded), but I told her to check out BCA. If your kids want it, she'd probably be happy to give it to them.

My 8" sailfin pleco lives with 2 oscars, a JD and 5 featherfin catfish, and nobody bothers him. Once they're too large to swallow and too mean to chase, the oscar isn't interested. The growth rates for young oscars and plecos are about the same, so starting both young is OK, as the O likely won't grow so fast that it can eat the pleco.

[Tazzy_toon]

that's good to know.
I used to keep an oscar in a community tank many years ago, he did quite well, but my tank was too small for it and I had to rehome him. So it never got big enough to get aggressive i guess.

Thanks for the offer of the fish, but it would be quite far for them to go. They live in cloverdale as well.