Quote Originally Posted by skydnay View Post
They are awesome! The cories are so entertaining to watch as they dart around the tank and turn over the substrates.

Our pleco is also of the "normal" variety, haha! He's already doubled in size since we got him (or her, who knows), and we're starting to get concerned about the safety of the tetras. He's killed one of them and left another with one eye, and we think he'll be much happier in the 55 once we get that set up. I am very excited to see how big he's going to get! It's definitely won't be comparable to a river catfish, but he'll be WAY bigger than any other fish we own! Though... my husband is also itching to get some oscars as well! or perhaps angelfish. We shall see.

We currently have 3 tanks! The third is a 10 gal divided in half that houses two bettas. It's... a lot. Especially with three BPs.. and two leo geckos.. and two large dogs.. all in a one bedroom apartment. Oh well. We'll be moving into a house in about a month, so that'l be nice!
Wow, that is a lot in a one bedroom apartment. I'm sure you'll love the space of a house!! I'm fortunate to have a house and plenty of room. Besides my girlfriend and I we have one cat, 4 ferrets and 4 snakes (like I said, focusing more on snakes, so more to come) and now just the one 75 gallon tank.

Plecos do get huge, getting them out of the tanks and into transport buckets was quite the adventure, hahaha. I was soaked just trying to get them out, they were thrashing and splashing everywhere, even with the water levels only half full in the tanks.
As for Oscars, I 10000000% advocate for them if you've got the room and are into fish. They are AWESOME fish. They are so personable, I never knew fish could recognize their keepers until I got into Oscars years ago. My albino years ago would swim up to my hand and brush against it when I put my hand in his(?) tank, but wouldn't let anybody else touch him. My 3 now are all such cool fish, they love it whenever my girlfriend or I approach the tank. Of course, they're thinking food, but if guests approach the tank they completely ignore them.
They are bulldozers though, so a minimalistic tank setup is best. Plus, they are slobs when they eat, so require plenty of filtration and regular water changes (another reason to keep the tank simple).