View Full Version : Whats your favorite type of pleco
wwildcats04
05-21-2005, 11:48 PM
Hey I am starting to get into the whole Pleco thing and have gotten my first not "common pleco" and its a rhino pleco. I love him to death but I think once I get my bigger tank I would like to get another type. What is your favorite type. What kind has the best personality and why. Also try not to post about ones that get HUGE. I think those rubber lip plecos are neat
Blinky
05-22-2005, 12:07 AM
Rhinos and commons are quite different - I wouldn't call a rhino 'common' at all, they're nice looking fish. I hope you've got a big tank, rhinos can get more than a foot long - their size is the only thing that's kept me from bringing one home from work! :)
I love my bristlenose (species unknown - bought him as A. claro, but he's larger than they're supposed to get, and he's less than a year old) for both his looks and personality. I recently brought a gold nugget (L018) home, he's starting to really show some character, and he's pretty eye catching.
I'm a huge plec fan, period - I think once you're hooked, you're hooked :DI don't think I have a favourite type, there are so many I'd like to keep that it's impossible to choose just one.
Check out www.plecofanatics.com - there's a great forum and a gallery of pleco pics, which might be a good place to start if you're looking for a new plec.
shawnryan1977
05-22-2005, 12:54 AM
(L260)Queen Arabesque Pleco is one my favorite plecos a very beautiful fish, black with white lines on its body. http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loricari/hypancis/229_f.php
PurpleSmurf
05-22-2005, 1:16 AM
I really want a Zebra (Emperor) Pleco. They get to 7" and cost about $200 but they're realllly pretty.
wwildcats04
05-22-2005, 5:07 PM
what about a blue eye? I heard they're outrageous in price now... but my parents used to have one a long time ago and they said it was really neat
Kosmik
05-23-2005, 3:35 AM
I have a Clown Pleco that, while he isn't anything fancy he is fun to watch once he gets his algae wafer. He'll pull it into his cave and then proceed to munch on it until anyone comes to the entrance where he will imediately go to the front and sit there. He does it to all the fish except the glass catfish and the upsidedown cat that live in the cave with him. He doesn't pay any attention to them at all.
Calico Goat
06-14-2005, 5:59 PM
I have two plecostomus in two different tanks--a Rubber-lipped and a chocolate albino (...? o_O) . The Rubber-lip is pretty but shy around me...but not its tank-mate, the bichir.
The Chocolate Albino is also pretty and very friendly. It will occasionally allow me to pet it.
Biznatch
06-15-2005, 2:47 PM
I like my L183 bristlenose. I'm looking for a female so I can breed them
My L002 and L177 Tiger and Gold Nugget are also both awesome fish and I really like watching them if I can get close enough without scaring them :P
vilhelm
06-15-2005, 3:41 PM
My favo.Is Gibbiceps(sailfin pleco)A big betyful succer...No issues at all!!
pophead
06-15-2005, 4:24 PM
so many to choose from. :confused:
BabelFish42
06-15-2005, 5:51 PM
is it ok to have a pleco and a ottocinclus in the same tank? don't they provide the same function?, help maintain the algae. I was considering a clown pleco or a pretty pleco because of their smaller size
It's illegal to export blue eyes now. You need to buy them from someone that has had it for along time. Expect to pay $500+.
Michael_G
06-15-2005, 11:53 PM
here's another vote for queen arabesque plecos. once i get my amazon tank im sooooooo getting one
clayt101
06-17-2005, 10:08 AM
L-014 Goldy
:cool: my fav is the 1 and only gold nugget
loughran
07-10-2005, 9:26 AM
I love my L200 green phantom.
Swimfins
07-10-2005, 5:23 PM
1 royal L190 and one candy stripe. Both are characters. :)