JackSpadesSI
Aquarium Advice Freak
WHY is the common pleco common to every LFS???
I'm willing to bet that 95% of patrons of every LFS don't own a tank adequately spacious for a common pleco (keep in mind that readers of this forum do not represent the average). Therefore, you'd think, that common plecos wouldn't be so common - don't sell something your customers won't buy, after all. Or, at least, the common pleco should be reduced to a specialty item at more competent LFS.
Of course, two factors contribute to this issue: ignorant LFS staff, and the fact that the common pleco is deceptively only ~3" when bought out the 5-10 gallon display tank at the LFS. I counted ~40 common plecos in my LFS (PetSmart) last week – divided between two 5-gallon tanks, and each common pleco was only 3”.
Shouldn’t there be some sort of grassroots campaign to remedy this? Either by way of widespread education of chain LFS staff, or asking chain LFS to stop stocking the common pleco?
I'm willing to bet that 95% of patrons of every LFS don't own a tank adequately spacious for a common pleco (keep in mind that readers of this forum do not represent the average). Therefore, you'd think, that common plecos wouldn't be so common - don't sell something your customers won't buy, after all. Or, at least, the common pleco should be reduced to a specialty item at more competent LFS.
Of course, two factors contribute to this issue: ignorant LFS staff, and the fact that the common pleco is deceptively only ~3" when bought out the 5-10 gallon display tank at the LFS. I counted ~40 common plecos in my LFS (PetSmart) last week – divided between two 5-gallon tanks, and each common pleco was only 3”.
Shouldn’t there be some sort of grassroots campaign to remedy this? Either by way of widespread education of chain LFS staff, or asking chain LFS to stop stocking the common pleco?