ive seen this on a few sites now and i think wtf why put pl*co when its just as easy to put pleco its not like its an abreviation.
davo;1993861; said:LOL. It's the pleco myth... "it's bad luck to spell out pleco so type it pl*co, otherwise your plecos will die..."

Another term used for this was plAco.davo;1993945;1993945 said:"PLECO. you will often find the aforementioned generic term referred to as pl*co in a number of places. This censorship arose from a cyber-superstition centering around a number of unexplained pleco deaths. Essentially when a given pleco was discussed via internet like a forum, the unfortunate individual fish perished. Fishkeepers being the superstitious lot that they are adopted the textual equivalent of coded whispering by referring to their beloved plecos as pl*cos to stop the curse. "