Will Never Own a Pleco!

[Vitaliy]

Since I got into fish keeping I have always kept Plecos based on that idea that they help the tank stay clean from food leftovers and all.

I decided to test that whole 'they **** more then they eat theory" and removed a Pleco from my 30 gallon. Now it has been a week and I was doing the water change today and there is virtually no ****!

I am getting rid of the other two Pleco's tomorrow morning!

 

[Daddyo72]

You must admint. The s**t is easier to remove than the algae they eat.

 

[Vitaliy]

You must admint. The s**t is easier to remove than the algae they eat.

Well that particular tank is nowhere near a window, and the fluorescent light on it is not powerful enough to overwhelm me with algae. There is barley non algae at all!

 

[rayman45]

i hate plecos

some are pretty tho

 

[Oddball]

I like the plecos that are as big as boxcars. (well...almost). My smallest plec-type is my royal panaque at ~16".

 

[lil_lara]

Algae will grow in any body of water... Leave a glass of water (not bottled) and algae will eventually grow...


I love pleco's.. then again i'm obsessed with cleaning my gravel.. so it all evens out

 

[wardie]

i think the spiny plecs are great i have 2, a spinosus which does nothing for cleaning the tank and a hystrix who does an ok job on the glass

 

[The TRUST]

I like the plecos that are as big as boxcars. (well...almost). My smallest plec-type is my royal panaque at ~16".

Jeez!!! If that's ur smallest, then what's ur biggest????

 

[Oddball]

Well, my royal is also my biggest plec, now. It looks like a raccoon decided my 22" common pleco was on the menu. It looks like a scene from Predator. "Phil, is that your plec, Tank?" "I can't tell."
Warm weather grow-out ponds are great until the neighborhood fauna gets wind of them.

 

[Koji]

This is my yellow pleco I got from a LFS cheaply at $5 only. Reason for getting him is that his colour contrast with my tank's background colour very well



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