What's with "pl*co"?

Ah, I suspected that was the case, never heard of the pleco superstition though.
In any case, many or most folks who keep mid-size or larger species of catfish house them with cichlids. Compatability questions are very common, so naturally cichlids are going to be part of the discussion.
 
This is just about the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

I have to agree with BZer here. I've called my clown pleco a pleco for the whole time I've had him. By the way, pleco pleco pleco.

And censoring "cichlid" on a site? Seems kind of pointless. Why not censor "tetra", "barb", "gourami", etc.
 
it's just Murphy's Law. . . as soon as you tell someone about what nice fish you have, it'll get sick or die just to tick you off and make you look bad.
 
Unrelated word filter amusement:

from a gamers' forum (Battleground Europe):

hello------->hecko
document----->dobody fluidment
circumstance ---->cirbody fluidstance
cockpit------>chickenpit (you know, where the pilot sits - in the planes featured in the game?)
 
pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco
 
I have a Pleco named Placo. Am I doubly cursed?! :lipssealedsmilie:
 
A man of mystery said:
And censoring "cichlid" on a site? Seems kind of pointless. Why not censor "tetra", "barb", "gourami", etc.

Because people who keep -those- fish aren't even worthy of ridicule.
 
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