Columbian Zebra Plecos L129

Has anyone had these fish before? I have a 29 gallon tank with harlequin rasboras, dwarf chain loaches, and cardinal tetras. I have a large piece of drift wood (bogwood) that has a natural cave to it. I also have a 2" pvc cave the is a "y" so it has two entrances and it ends in a 1" elbow that pokes out the top for cleaning purposes. This is underneath a bed of 2-3" smooth river rocks. I have very little flow to speak of only 2 air stones and an aqua clear 50 hob filter. I feed the tank a cube of frozen food every other day and some new life balance sinking pellets every day. I also throw some blanched veggies on a sea weed clip once or twice a week.

Would I have any problems getting two of these plecos?
Is there anything I need to know about them that would conflict with my tank or fish?

Ill attach a picture of the tank when I can.

 

You’re underfiltering and you already have a heavy bio-load. How many of each fish do you have? I’d definitely recommend a bigger filter regardless of how many of each you already have. Depending on your answer of the amount in the tank, the Plecos would be fine in terms of compatibility.

 

I would kill (not actually) for some dwarf chain loaches, did you get them shipped or did you just find them in a lfs.

 

9 of each fish I do water changes as needed I do about 50-60% once a week and my water never gets above 10 ppm nitrates without fertilizers added granted the fish will grow. I have an easy water change method that I can switch to more frequent water changes if needed the fish don't seem crowded at all. plus nothing uses the caves now. My main question now is will two of the plecos will cause problems with each other?

 

I would kill (not actually) for some dwarf chain loaches, did you get them shipped or did you just find them in a lad?

got them from my LFS $20 each with 9 in the tank. they were shy at first but now are out swimming all the time and schooling with the rasboras. I was going to go with the zebra loaches but I'm glad I stuck with the smaller loaches.

 

got them from my LFS $20 each with 9 in the tank. they were shy at first but now are out swimming all the time and schooling with the rasboras. I was going to go with the zebra loaches but I'm glad I stuck with the smaller loaches.

Do they uproot plants?

 

with 3 schools of fish and a centerpiece you are pretty maxed out. If you are really confident about this setup you may be able to do 1 but 2 would be more than pushing it.

 

In terms of bioload, you’re fine. Will two plecos get along? I don’t know. It won’t hurt to set up some more hiding areas for each to pick out.

 

If I do get them I think I will only get 1. thanks for the info.

 

Do they uproot plants?

No they don't I have an Anubis Nana that I just slide the roots in the cracks in the wood and they have pushed that out but never a rooted plant.

 

Plecos typically want to be by themselves as the sole pleco.

 

I really think you're at capacity, with 27 fish that will all reach 2-3 inches. I write this while looking at my 29, that seems really full.