tropicfishman
Aquarium Advice Addict
As much as the pleco gross's me out with there looks and that sucker mouth, I finally had to pick one up today and it wasn't as bad as I have imagined it would be. I always feared they would thrash around and feel likea cold wet giant slug in your hand or that they could suck on to your skin and scrape the skin off with there scraper thing in there mouth. I know your prolyl laughing your butts off at me, but thats ok. I was at my brothers today hanging out as he cleaned his 55 gallon when his 10 inch pleco flopped out of its bucket we had it in and started going nuts on the hardwood floors. No one else would grab it they all ran around screaming trying to keep the 8 cats they have from eating it LOL So out of nowhere ireached down and grabbed the thing behind its head and held on as it whipped its tail with all its might. It wasn't soft and slimy liek i had thought, kinda rough and dry leathering feeling. I doubt i'll ever have to do that agian, at least i hope not, but it was something I was proud of conquering my fear of LOL