Here's a scary lil' tidbit. If this passes I'll have to find another hobby.
http://www.gcas.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7527
http://www.gcas.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7527
Potential ban on all plecos..NOOOOOOO!
- Thread starter loach43
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i don't see why it won't happen. in some asian countries all types of pleco except for the common and the albino are all illegal to have. and that can happen to us which we all don't want.
Not good. Hopefully the northern states would be allowed to keep at least the exotics, as many can't survive the temps in the northern states. What is even scarier is that they don't mention a grandfather clause...
Difficult to say since this isn't about endangered fish, it's about invasive fish. Hopefully I'll know more about the situation soon. My biggest inquiry is, what is their definition of a pleco? Any armoured cat? Any suckermouth cat? Any loricariidae?
no species would survice my winter climate... this is ridiculous I hate the gov some times I think that I should just move to canada and keep anything I want....
This is something new isnt it i've never heard of any problems relating to Plecos in non native habitats..
am i that in the dark did i miss something?
am i that in the dark did i miss something?
As statedby stiffmeister, I doubt this will be erected anytime soon, though I do actually condone it. While my loricariidae love affair has been fun, where I to choose between the potential extinction of various plecos or their total ban from the aquarium hobby, I would choose the latter.
For the record, the "common" pterygoplichthyinids and hypostominids are in fact the most potentially invasive species, so I don't really understand their widespread allowance as opposed to other, smaller and less prolific species.
For the record, the "common" pterygoplichthyinids and hypostominids are in fact the most potentially invasive species, so I don't really understand their widespread allowance as opposed to other, smaller and less prolific species.