I'm looking fo a plec.....

[Stevie]

Hi All.

As I am moving house in a few weeks to go to college it is with great saddness that I have to get rid of my 50g and will be getting a 32g(I'm 90% sure) tank.

I must be easy to keep,small,and actively clean the tank. If possble it should also be cheap(Ill be a student after all) pretty and a non hider!


Do you know one that fits the bill?

 

[Pure]

L134s IME do a decent job of algae clean up, stay small, are (wile available) normally under 30 USD.

Edit: and yes I know PCF says they don't eat algae.. Maybe mine skiped school that day.

 

[fishlover1]

i was curious of the pleco and googled it, that looks just like the zebra pleco. Whats the difference in coloration??

Edit: never mind, the zebras got the stripes more horizontal sp? then the L134.

 

[GeraldTheMouse]

A BN is a good algae cleaner, from what I have heard. But the bristles might not be 'pretty' in your opinion.

 

[PlecoCollector]

I vote for a BN! I have four in my 90g and I swear, even the driftwood gleams it's so clean! The albinos haven't stopped cleaning since I got them!

 

[Lotus]

I guess it's really going to depend on what you can find where you live.

I've been happy with my rubbernosed/rubberlipped/bulldog plecos. They seem friendly, and keep the tanks clean. I've gotten them pretty cheap, but I know prices over here and over there are different.

 

[Stevie]

The L134 looks intresting,but I'm having a hard time getting info (that is not in German!!!) on them. Help me out?

 

[Pure]

PlanetCatfish :: Cat-eLog :: Loricariidae :: Peckoltia sp(l134)

If you want to know anything in particular about them and PCF doesn't cover it, just ask.

 

[Igor The Cat]

may i ask what "cheap" means to you? as i am sure that my number would quite different than you.

cheers

-Java

 

[Stevie]

may i ask what "cheap" means to you? as i am sure that my number would quite different than you.

cheers

-Java

Well as it stands now I would pay up to 70-100 euro for a fish that I really liked and had the room for. However I be a student in a month and a half so I'll be putting a lmit of 20 euro on all tank related items.

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

im not sure about in ireland, butin the US rubbernose/lip plecs, and bristlenose plecs stay small, and are pretty cheap.

 

[GeraldTheMouse]

20 euros = $25.318USD

Bristlenose and rubbernose plecos are generally pretty cheap. Around $6USD

 

[bala_aquarium]

my lfs has some rubbernose for $3

 

[Stevie]

I have seen BN for sale in Ireland for a bout 22 euro.......dam rip off!

Pure, will that L pleco deff eat the green?

 

[Pure]

They will eat the brown. Dunno bout the green. Not many plecos will.