Does plecos need oxygen?

[ballinouttacntrol]

roflmao, everyone told you to get a 40 breeder at the very smallest for your FH and explained the growth potentials of the common pleco and you have them in a 15 and 7 gallon tank?

hahaha, here's something you prob didn't pick up on yet, all plecos do is poop and poop and poop and poop and grow. that pleco will foul your water up so fast, you prob need to be doin 2 water changes a week as long as you have it in that tiny (most likely uncycled) tank

as for the original question, yes it'd be nice to have some type of device such as a powerhead, bubble wand, HOB filter etc etc that supplies oxygen and breaks up the surface

there's so many other options for plecos that actually stay small, i wish you had done a lil more research but it's a common mistake so i can't fault you too much

 

[TheLeviathan]

roflmao, everyone told you to get a 40 breeder at the very smallest for your FH and explained the growth potentials of the common pleco and you have them in a 15 and 7 gallon tank?

hahaha, here's something you prob didn't pick up on yet, all plecos do is poop and poop and poop and poop and grow. that pleco will foul your water up so fast, you prob need to be doin 2 water changes a week as long as you have it in that tiny (most likely uncycled) tank

as for the original question, yes it'd be nice to have some type of device such as a powerhead, bubble wand, HOB filter etc etc that supplies oxygen and breaks up the surface

there's so many other options for plecos that actually stay small, i wish you had done a lil more research but it's a common mistake so i can't fault you too much

Well the pleco was from my previous tank which all my fish in it died

 

[kevinfleming21]

hahahahahahahahaha, oh man. So many people know how to google boobies and muff....but no one knows how to google fish care anymore.

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

Well the pleco was from my previous tank which all my fish in it died

i can't say i'm surprised. the best thing you've done in your short fish keeping career is join this site. The worse thing you've done is buy fish, tanks, equipment without doing research first. take advantage of the vase knowledge this site has to offer (or use google) and you'll be on the correct path. right now you're throwing money down the drain

 

[Warborg]

Can you take a picture of the pleco?

 

[TheLeviathan]

Can you take a picture of the pleco?

Here they are

 

[crisper]

diggin on the substrate,,looks like candy pop rocks haha!!

 

[TheLeviathan]

diggin on the substrate,,looks like candy pop rocks haha!!

I know! And they look real nice in a small tank

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

more like clown puke......

so whats your short and long term plans for the fish you still have?

 

[Warborg]

Here they are

I posted this in the other thread

It is a Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus . Under the right conditions it could get up to 24 inches.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog...species_id=703

It is similar to a Pterygoplichthys pardalis but a Pterygoplichthys pardalis has a circle like pattern on it's belly where as a Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus has wavy lines.

p.s. Don't listen to the bad ID

I've kept over 15 Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus in 21 years of fishkeeping and about 10 Sailfins(Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps). I know how to tell the difference.