View Full Version : Will Never Own a Pleco!
Vitaliy
05-28-2005, 3:41 PM
Since I got into fish keeping I have always kept Plecos based on that idea that they help the tank stay clean from food leftovers and all.
I decided to test that whole 'they **** more then they eat theory" and removed a Pleco from my 30 gallon. Now it has been a week and I was doing the water change today and there is virtually no ****!
I am getting rid of the other two Pleco's tomorrow morning!
Daddyo72
05-28-2005, 4:13 PM
You must admint. The s**t is easier to remove than the algae they eat.
Vitaliy
05-28-2005, 4:31 PM
You must admint. The s**t is easier to remove than the algae they eat.
Well that particular tank is nowhere near a window, and the fluorescent light on it is not powerful enough to overwhelm me with algae. There is barley non algae at all! :)
rayman45
05-28-2005, 5:59 PM
i hate plecos
some are pretty tho
Oddball
05-28-2005, 9:16 PM
I like the plecos that are as big as boxcars. (well...almost). My smallest plec-type is my royal panaque at ~16".
lil_lara
06-02-2005, 1:42 PM
Algae will grow in any body of water... Leave a glass of water (not bottled) and algae will eventually grow...
I love pleco's.. then again i'm obsessed with cleaning my gravel.. so it all evens out
wardie
06-03-2005, 5:46 AM
i think the spiny plecs are great i have 2, a spinosus which does nothing for cleaning the tank and a hystrix who does an ok job on the glass
The TRUST
06-05-2005, 10:08 AM
I like the plecos that are as big as boxcars. (well...almost). My smallest plec-type is my royal panaque at ~16".
Jeez!!! If that's ur smallest, then what's ur biggest????
Oddball
06-05-2005, 11:23 AM
Well, my royal is also my biggest plec, now. It looks like a raccoon decided my 22" common pleco was on the menu. It looks like a scene from Predator. "Phil, is that your plec, Tank?" "I can't tell."
Warm weather grow-out ponds are great until the neighborhood fauna gets wind of them.
This is my yellow pleco I got from a LFS cheaply at $5 only.:D Reason for getting him is that his colour contrast with my tank's background colour very well:D
piranha45
06-05-2005, 4:17 PM
that's just a color morph of a common pleco right?
that's just a color morph of a common pleco right?
I guess so:D
bluedempsey
06-05-2005, 5:06 PM
me too
me too
It dopesn't matter for the yellow colouration on it is so striking and mellow to me and it look real nice in my black tank.:D
pufferking
06-05-2005, 7:41 PM
:hitting: