Mean Pleco - leave in, trade in, or trade within?

[Christmasfish]

Maybe making sure more foos hit the bottom in two different spots..maybe now as he grows, he got little hungry...?


Not seen rubberlips cause problems in most golfish tanks... but goldies are so messy they may get tiredd of eating! they have been a few tales of them doing as other plecos and sucking the slimecoat and scales off the golds...but they were not certain really of the species half the time. My grandfather kept specie tanks adn biotopes so I can olnly go by what I have seen in passing or heard of on the net.

[patryuji]

Originally Posted by gotz_potential

I take offense to this comment.. I'm sure you meant no harm but as an advocate to protect the breed from bad publicity I needed to comment.

Please forgive me everyone if I come acrossed harsh.. The whole pitbull thing is a sensitive subject for me.

A little over sensitive eh? It was a light hearted comment. I doubt there is any chance of bad publicity for this particular species as it is one of the few prolific algae eating plecos which remains small enough for the average fish keepers aquarium. A simple search reveals that they are usually suggested as a choice animal to keep when you have algae in a planted tank.

I wasn't talking about the pleco. I was talking about the dog. apparently you need to reread the statement. As for being a little over sensitive, I have every right to be because ignorant people believe everything they read that was written by ignorant people that have never done complete research.

[Hypostomus]

I also think the person was just making a lighthearted comment.
You know...a little joke, or an observation that would bring an image to the layperson's mind easily.

If you get offended at the slightest non-[acronym:8c486928c3="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:8c486928c3] joke well..you need to have a better sense of humor.

Next time they can choose their words a little more wisely then...Innocent animals get a bad rap cause the only comparison a person seems to make is a negative one. Just drop the whole **** thing and get back to the subject at hand. A fellow board member is having a problem with a pleco that seems to have aggression issues when its feeding time...

[lmw80]

patryuji - I do (well, did) have a planted tank with algae...maybe he is mature now (they grow up sooo fast (sniff!!)). Maybe I will trade him in for a juvi...he keeps my tank so clean...maybe I will just have to trade them in every 6 months or so until I can find a dwarf pleco species for sale in my area.