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Message: <blockquote data-quote="urrrp" data-source="post: 232916"><p>1.  A fishless cycle (recommended) will take between 3 and 8 weeks.  Add a source of ammonia such as fish food or household ammonia to the tank and monitor levels on a daily basis until ammonia and nitrite are 0.2.  The term "pleco" describes a HUGE variety of catfish - many of which grow quite large, so it depends on the specific plec you're after.3.  They need to be too big to fit into the largest fish's mouth.  What other fish do you have?  Note:  If you have an established filter, you can take some of the media (sponge, bio-balls, ceramic plates, etc) out of the filter and put it in the new filter.  That'll act as seed bacteria and speed the cycling process up.</p></blockquote><p></p>