Plecos owners with acrylic tanks, show us the damage.

[JayC74]

Holy hell, that's a huge tank. My LFS has a 10ft x 4ft x 30" display with a 9" L200 green phantom that made the acrylic look like someone wiped it with sandpaper.

Are you sure the L200 caused this. If that display tank has been around for awhile, is there a chance other things may have caused the damage over the years. My acrylic has some age to it now along with many fine lines throughout. I chalk it up to thousands and thousands of times my aro and dat might have grazed their pectoral fins against it. Or my loaches as they fly around the tank at times swiping their fins against it. Or when i'm cleaning the acrylic with the cleaning glove, sometimes a few pieces of sand get stuck to it and then as i'm cleaning..the few granules of sand will put fine lines in it. Not saying some species can't mark up acrylic tanks some with their teeth, just an overblown thing imo in general. I never see my plecos on my acrylic panels, even at night if i have to take a leak and put the hall lights on..never see them on it.

There must be somebody here that bought a brand new acrylic tank and has only had plecos in it from day one that can give us further insight & pics to prove or debunk the theory some

 

[FluffySackson]

Are you sure the L200 caused this. If that display tank has been around for awhile, is there a chance other things may have caused the damage over the years. My acrylic has some age to it now along with many fine lines throughout. I chalk it up to thousands and thousands of times my aro and dat might have grazed their pectoral fins against it. Or my loaches as they fly around the tank at times swiping their fins against it. Or when i'm cleaning the acrylic with the cleaning glove, sometimes a few pieces of sand get stuck to it and then as i'm cleaning..the few granules of sand will put fine lines in it. Not saying some species can't mark up acrylic tanks some with their teeth, just an overblown thing imo in general. I never see my plecos on my acrylic panels, even at night if i have to take a leak and put the hall lights on..never see them on it.

There must be somebody here that bought a brand new acrylic tank and has only had plecos in it from day one that can give us further insight & pics to prove or debunk the theory some

There is a big male Red Isletas in the tank that chases people around and bits the glass with his sharp teeth (the female is very peaceful for some reason) and there used to be a black belt cichlid that did the same, he was sold due to his constant glass biting. The isletas bites but his teeth are quite worn out now.

 

[FluffySackson]

And yes, I haven't seen the L200 on the glass either, according to the owner the pleco is scared ****less and never comes out due to the army of aggressive centrals and south americans in the tank. But he assumes it comes out at night to graze on algae and eat leftover pellets.

 

[dr exum]

I'm buying an acrylic 8x4x30" in the next 2 years. I currently own:
1xL128 @4"
1xL177 @4"
1x L190 @7"
1x L330 @7"
1x L191 @9"
1x L203 @13"

I am confident that with enough wood they won't destroy the acrylic. But the health of the fish is the most important part to me. Plus I don't want a glass tank that big. I currently have them in a glass 225.

how's this going?