Will it blend... in a 20 gallon tank?

[Edarion]

1 common pleco, 1 convict cichlid, 1 Austrailian Red Claw Crayfish, 1 BNP

If not what should I remove.....

[Morainy]

Hi, Edarion

Have you tried the stocking calculator? There's a sticky here for it. AqAdvisor - Intelligent Freshwater Tropical Fish Aquarium Stocking Calculator and Aquarium Tank/Filter Advisor

I have never had convict cichlids, but I think a common pleco might grow too big for a 20 gallon.

I could be wrong, though. I have never had a big pleco.

[Edarion]

ya i have. I'm looking at more fish compatibility more than bioload. as I'm already aware that plecos are notorious for emitting a lot of waste and stuff

[BelieveInBlue]

The common pleco gets well over a foot, and I've seen ones at almost 2 feet. The convict + BNP should be ok, altho I'm not sure how well the cray would fare. Generally, I don't mix crays with fish; it's never turned out well for me.

[Edarion]

The cray is fairly aggressive runs around trying to aggro everything oddly enough no one's gotten hurt yet

[Edarion]

But Can a Cray actually kill a pleco which has armor and stuff.
Cray is about 5 inches

[BelieveInBlue]

Kill? probably not. Severely injure? Most likely. The BNP isn't all that armoured anyways, compared to the larger plecos, so more than likely the cray will demolish it. At least that's been the case IME with crays over 2 inches.

[Edarion]

Didn't mean the BNP. I meant the sailfin pleco. P. gibbiceps

[BelieveInBlue]

Well u had 2 plecos listed, so I thought I'd cover both

[Edarion]

Dunno. well i got both plecos the crayfish and a convict cichlid in there now... No one's really getting hurt tho the pleco's fin is fairly torn and stuff