Subj : Re: Freshwater Tank Capac
To   : All
From : Mbuna
Date : Sun Nov 14 2004 05:20 pm

> Big Daddywrote:
Hey,
>
> New to the group.  The wife and I have been disscussing this for
days
> now.  We have a 20 gallon freshwater.  We have 2 - 2" Gourami  1 -
12"
> Placatomous, 3 - 2"Danio's.  The Plac. is the only source of
discontent
> in our disscussion.  I say he counts as far as the total inch count
in
> the tank.  She says no that the guy at the LFS says bottom feeders
don't
> count.  I say that they do becuase they still pee and poop in the
tank.
> Other thoughts.

You are correct.  He DOES count for the exact reasons you mentioned.
In addition a 12" pleco is way too big for a 20 gallon tank anyway.
A minimum of 55 gallons is needed for a pleco that size.
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