I love algae in my tanks. It looks natural, makes it a more natural environment for fish, and, best of all, it's a natural, built-in water cleaner/filter.
Are Pleco Realy useful ?
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I love how clean my Plecos keep my glass. Saves me a lot of time, scraping algae...
But I can't take a single picture of a fish without Pleco poop in the background!
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But I can't take a single picture of a fish without Pleco poop in the background!
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Someone needs to breed a poop eating fish, they'd be ..millionares haha.
On a serious note my pleco keeps the glass very nice but for everything he eats he ****s out twice as much. So I have to siphon the gravel more, but scrub the glass less or never.
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On a serious note my pleco keeps the glass very nice but for everything he eats he ****s out twice as much. So I have to siphon the gravel more, but scrub the glass less or never.
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What about a robotic device that looks like a fish or anything in the sea that cleans the sand automaticly ... LOL no more poopooh
I rather scrueb the glass the siphon poooooh
They should invent a robotic gravel cleaner just like they have for pools. It can run off a powerhead. I've said too much, to the drawing board.
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well anyways plecos are usfull when young for that but they slack on their job as they get older. a siamese algae eater is good for this. they never stop eating algae but Idk if they poop more or less than plecos
Snails clean. Plecos do not. My Bristlenose poops ridiculous amounts and eats algae wafers and maybe some extra food that the blind caves miss.
As for sand, I have black sand in my ten gallon and it's really fine as long as there's not a pleco in there... LOL. Had my bristlenose in it temporarily and quickly removed him when I saw all the poop everywhere within an HOUR... My betta hardly poops at all in comparison.
As for sand, I have black sand in my ten gallon and it's really fine as long as there's not a pleco in there... LOL. Had my bristlenose in it temporarily and quickly removed him when I saw all the poop everywhere within an HOUR... My betta hardly poops at all in comparison.
I have a couple bristlenose plecos..but I like the species and have them for that. I like how the males get bristles all over their face. If I want the tank cleaned, I do it myself.
Plecos are epic and worthy of more than this odd "living vacuum" treatment. They are living, awesome things, not tools for aquarists. If you're getting a pleco, get used to doing more tank maintenance. Simple.
