Title: A new fish
Description: Chocolate Pleco
Description: Chocolate Pleco
Ted - February 28, 2008 07:08 PM (GMT)
It has been a while since I purchased a fish in this house so today I went out and bought a Pleco Nanananaa . I needed one for the 125 since it was getting nasty the name on the tank was a choc. pleco ? never heard of them before but it looked hungry so..
geelite - February 28, 2008 09:09 PM (GMT)
Hmmmm Pleco, i've also been thinking about getting that pest for my 190G but not sure if it will effect my Malawi fishes breeding routine.
Congrats to you Ted.
Congrats to you Ted.
Aura - February 28, 2008 09:49 PM (GMT)
Ted, I was just out at Petsmart picking up some dog supplies and of course I had to look at the fish. They had a tank full of albino chocolate plecos.
I was tempted since I lost one of my bristlenose. Let us know how he does.
I was tempted since I lost one of my bristlenose. Let us know how he does.
Albino Pleco II - February 28, 2008 11:08 PM (GMT)
yikes,,,,,,,,,,,, WHAT,,,,,a choclate pleco?? yikes
Whats wrong with an AP????? Hmmmm
You going to get a pic of this thing?
Aura,,,,,NO NO sweetheart,,,,,,,no fish at a Petsmart. Faint
J/K,,,,
Whats wrong with an AP????? Hmmmm
You going to get a pic of this thing?
Aura,,,,,NO NO sweetheart,,,,,,,no fish at a Petsmart. Faint
J/K,,,,
stratofish - February 29, 2008 02:18 PM (GMT)
I have a "Chocolate Albino Pleco". He is one of the oldest fish I own, or in other words, he's the one that survived the longest and the one I've kept the longest.
I picked him up (I'm assuming it is a male) about 4 years ago at about 2" TL.
Now he is about 9" ( 23 cm's) TL.
He has had mbuna's (L.caeruleus, Afra's, M.estherae's) , Hap's (peacocks, Azureus, Taiwan Reef) and Frontosa's as tank mates during various stages of his life.
He did get a bit banged up by a male Metriaclima estherae (red x red) awhile back. The estherae chomped on his eyes! This took quite a bit of time to heal but the pleco has lived through it no problem.
The pleco also does this little dance with my Protomelas 'Taiwanee reef' when the hap is trying to spawn. The pleco doesn't back down and give up territory without a little posing. He doesn't really interfere too much with the Cichlid spawning though. The cichlids will find a way.
On occasion the pleco will shoot right to the top of the tank (for a gulp of air I assume) making a big splash, which makes me immediatelty jump up to see if one of my other fish has taken an attempt at trying to fly. Then I see it was the pleco doing his 'flip'.
Doesn't really do the best job of cleaning algae off the glass though, so I hope that isn't the main reason you picked him up.
here are some recent pix. Not the best pix.
I picked him up (I'm assuming it is a male) about 4 years ago at about 2" TL.
Now he is about 9" ( 23 cm's) TL.
He has had mbuna's (L.caeruleus, Afra's, M.estherae's) , Hap's (peacocks, Azureus, Taiwan Reef) and Frontosa's as tank mates during various stages of his life.
He did get a bit banged up by a male Metriaclima estherae (red x red) awhile back. The estherae chomped on his eyes! This took quite a bit of time to heal but the pleco has lived through it no problem.
The pleco also does this little dance with my Protomelas 'Taiwanee reef' when the hap is trying to spawn. The pleco doesn't back down and give up territory without a little posing. He doesn't really interfere too much with the Cichlid spawning though. The cichlids will find a way.
On occasion the pleco will shoot right to the top of the tank (for a gulp of air I assume) making a big splash, which makes me immediatelty jump up to see if one of my other fish has taken an attempt at trying to fly. Then I see it was the pleco doing his 'flip'.
Doesn't really do the best job of cleaning algae off the glass though, so I hope that isn't the main reason you picked him up.
here are some recent pix. Not the best pix.