pl*co

[Andy16]

Ok, i know its not that important, but wtf do people put he little star thing in when they spell pleco? Its been bothering me for 2 years now and i must put an end to it:D

[RTR]

Ancient (in web terms) myth, that if you type out pleco or plecostomus, that your suckermouth catfish or Loricariid will die. This is especially mad, as Plecostomus is no longer a valid genus name (now Hypostomus), and may not be a valid species name either.

In any case, just how is the fish, the demons, the fates or whatever the agent of destruction is supposed to be ever know what you have written, or what the currently valid names might be?

[NJ Devils Fan]

I think it is such a stupid thing. I wonder who started it and why because a lot of people believe it.

[RTR]

Who started it is not a big deal, the fact that so many folk believe it is scary. :rolleyes:

[brianfl]

And sadly it has spread to other types of fish as well.:confused:

[Andy16]

I beleive ive typed out the word "pleco" over 10 times already, that things probably the healthiest fish in my tank.

[Andy16]

someone should start a thread in GCC where every1 typed "pleco" as many times as possible to drive out the pleco demons!!!!

[1 fish 2 fish]

I don't think people do it because they believe (well, I'm sure some do) it, they do it for fun

[ChilDawg]

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I am just curious, but to what other fish are you referring, Brian?

[Andy16]

I bow donw to you chil:D you are my savior, the one true childawg......the great one.

[brianfl]

Chil,

I've seen it done with catfish as well as cichlids lately. I don't have any examples right now (being lazy). I'll point it out next time I come across one.

[ChilDawg]

Thanks, Andy for the warm welcome. (Although Jesus saves, and I merely try to help Him sometimes...)

Brian, I'll keep a close eye on that development, too...our fish deserve better than to have their names marred by ugly asterisks!

[optix]

Ahhhh so I see the great and powerful childawg has reappeared in more than one thread :D:D:D

[ChilDawg]

Hopefully with a good connection once I return home...otherwise, I prolly gotsta leave AC again for a bit.

[Sensei_the_dojo]

Perhaps the * should not be left out, but actually spelled out. Then we could have some really cool <cough> names like Plasteriskcostomus, Neon Tetrasterisk, Corydorasterisk, Arowanasterisk and the Large and Small Mouthed Bassterisk!

[ChilDawg]

Wow...we put wayyyy too much thought into this stuff on AC...I like it! :)

[bitbot]

Bump - I know this thread is 5+ years old, but it's kind of funny.

[Hebily]

W*w. Th*s thr*ad *s *ld.

[ChilDawg]

Yeah, no kidding. What ever happened to that ChilDawg, anyway?

[gzeiger]

I think that shortly after he called to himself the attention of all the pleco demons of the world, he was messily devoured and never heard from again until many years later when the demons had need of a mortal host to spread rumors on this forum.

[cellodaisy]

Perhaps the * should not be left out, but actually spelled out. Then we could have some really cool <cough> names like Plasteriskcostomus, Neon Tetrasterisk, Corydorasterisk, Arowanasterisk and the Large and Small Mouthed Bassterisk!
LOVE IT!

[ChilDawg]

Trust m*, you cannot l*av* th* "(l*tt*r which shall not b* us*d, *v*r, *v*r, *v*r in th* writing of this and oth*r posts on this subj*ct)" out of th* nam* of th*s* fish*s. Too many bristli*s hav* m*t th*ir d*mis* in my apartm*nt, and I think that it go*s back to this post. Thus, I hav* l*arn*d and will spr*ad the l*ssons of th* pl*c* d*mons, and hav* d*cid*d to mak* up for my past transgr*ssions by l*aving out all vow*ls in th* writing of th* nam*s of all of th*ir confamiliars--pl*c*. Using ast*ric*s is of th* utmost importanc*. Th*y hav* my apologi*s. Pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c*! Is that all, my dark mast*rs, or do I n**d to l*t on* of your vampyric br*thr*n tak* som* of my blood in *xchang* for your forgiv*n*ss? I shall *v*n buy a L*poracanthicus galaxias to do the d**d...

:)

[pinkertd]

Trust m*, you cannot l*av* th* "(l*tt*r which shall not b* us*d, *v*r, *v*r, *v*r in th* writing of this and oth*r posts on this subj*ct)" out of th* nam* of th*s* fish*s. Too many bristli*s hav* m*t th*ir d*mis* in my apartm*nt, and I think that it go*s back to this post. Thus, I hav* l*arn*d and will spr*ad the l*ssons of th* pl*c* d*mons, and hav* d*cid*d to mak* up for my past transgr*ssions by l*aving out all vow*ls in th* writing of th* nam*s of all of th*ir confamiliars--pl*c*. Using ast*ric*s is of th* utmost importanc*. Th*y hav* my apologi*s. Pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c* pl*c*! Is that all, my dark mast*rs, or do I n**d to l*t on* of your vampyric br*thr*n tak* som* of my blood in *xchang* for your forgiv*n*ss? I shall *v*n buy a L*poracanthicus galaxias to do the d**d...

:)

:hitting: Guess that means you haven't changed how you feel about this in 6 years, huh!

[ChilDawg]

Yeah, not so much. I think the superstition was kind of funny and kind of sad, but it's outlived its usefulness, as we're keeping a lot of plecs without incident. Of them, only otos and a select few others seem to do poorly at the hands of those who really know what they're doing and practice it well. It also helps that lots of the ones in the hobby are captive-bred, LOL.

[inkyjenn]

i know planet catfish uses this because not all loricarids are plecos (otos are loricarids, but they are not technically a pleco). i read this somewhere on their forum. ive seen this in regards to cichlids as well

as for summoning up pleco demons by not using the asterisk, i now have a valid reason as to why my L239 is so fragile (hes darn near died twice); obviously hes been possessed and his illnesses are due to the demons that are plaguing him since i dont regularly use the asterisk.

[Lupin]

Yeah, no kidding. What ever happened to that ChilDawg, anyway?
ChilDawg is back!:headbang2:

[fishorama]

I will always think of otos as mini-plecs