Plecos

What Do You Think of Plecos

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Plecos are one of my FAVOURITE fish. They look so prehistoric. And it always amazes me how adaptable they are: eaten all the algae? Well I'll just suck up some of the flake food from the surface. My pleco is the godfather of the tank. No body messes with Al. ;)

But I would have to agree that beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

Jade
 
Well it all depends you have the ugly:

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and then you have the gorgeous:

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jtruswell said:
Plecos are one of my FAVOURITE fish. They look so prehistoric. And it always amazes me how adaptable they are: eaten all the algae? Well I'll just suck up some of the flake food from the surface. My pleco is the godfather of the tank. No body messes with Al. ;)

But I would have to agree that beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

Jade
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My two are collectively named none other than the Prehistoric Fishies! You're absolutely right about that. And they are beautiful in this fish Mom's eyes!
 
actually I don't see the bristlenose as ugly..interesting but not ugly..

but more so..they do a great job on the algae and are peaceful.

I have them and i like them..I want to find a queen Arabesque but they might be best in a discus tank judging from the water parameters :dive:
 
I agree with fishlore. Mine is so ugly that he's cute. Plus, Hoover is the clown of the tank. He's always hanging out somewhere odd, doing something odd or dragging around the world's longest poop.
 
purple permelia said:
Hoover is the clown of the tank.
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What a great name!

After MANY years of resisting, I recently got a pleco for my 29, an albino bristlenose, and I'm hooked. When it crawls around sucking up algae, its little "nose" wiggles like a bunny. S/he's just a baby and I don't know if it's a he or a she yet. Its name is Andy/i depending on sex. Short for Andorian (the albino ones who lived under the surface).
 
mandimoron said:
I adore plecos. I wish I had a tank big enough for one, but I don't have the room. Maybe some day...
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I don't know what size tank you have, But you should be able to find a species that will work in your tank. Clown pleco's stay small around 4 inches.

star_rider said:
actually I don't see the bristlenose as ugly..interesting but not ugly..

but more so..they do a great job on the algae and are peaceful.

I have them and i like them..I want to find a queen Arabesque but they might be best in a discus tank judging from the water parameters
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I keep my Queen in the same tank with my Bristlenose and haven't seen any negative side effects. The water parameters for the two are about the same. The queen needs it a little wamer, but they should do fine together. Or at least mine have.
 
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