dragon14
Aquarium Advice Addict
So today we were at the petstore and we saw these cute, tiny about a 1/2" long, probably baby, albino and T.R Bushynose plecos. We were talking w the fish guy about our lovely brown algae issue and we noticed the little cuties. Both kinds (different tanks), were busy doing lots of algae cleaning. We were more interested in the bushynosed ones. The fish guy said a local person breeds the plecos (both kinds, I think) and brings them in when they are big enough. He told us they only get about 2" long and don't make too much waste. We were thinking about getting 2-4 of them, and when they get big enough, moving over to a 20g tank for everyone (we want a 20g eventually anyway). A friend of mine said that sometimes fish bodies stop growing but their insides don't stop, and that's painful, and esp can happen to fish like goldfish and plecos that are often kept in tanks too small for them. We def don't want that to happen.
No right-then-and-there creature buying for us, so we went home and did a little research. According to the internet, I think live aquaria, they get up to 4" long, and should be around 2" when they're sold.??
Also, he told us Nerite snails are good little cleaners too
Thoughts? We both love algae eaters And they're cute. But... if they get too big we don't necessarily want them, or if there's something we don't know about them, we'd like to find out before we got them.
I tried to take pictures... (attached). Taken with a iPod touch 4th gen, so, not the best quality
No right-then-and-there creature buying for us, so we went home and did a little research. According to the internet, I think live aquaria, they get up to 4" long, and should be around 2" when they're sold.??
Also, he told us Nerite snails are good little cleaners too
Thoughts? We both love algae eaters And they're cute. But... if they get too big we don't necessarily want them, or if there's something we don't know about them, we'd like to find out before we got them.
I tried to take pictures... (attached). Taken with a iPod touch 4th gen, so, not the best quality