"rubber lipped" Pl*co

[Djay]

Thinking about adding a "rubber lipped" Pl*co to my tank....

Anyone have any luck with this Pl*co and a planted tank?
Anyone have this particular Pl*co destroy their plants?
Anyone know why we type Pl*co with the * ?

Thanks,

DJay

[Bob Alston]

Mine is doing great in my planted tank. Only about 1.5 inches long.

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"Djay" > wrote in message
...
> Thinking about adding a "rubber lipped" Pl*co to my tank....
>
> Anyone have any luck with this Pl*co and a planted tank?
> Anyone have this particular Pl*co destroy their plants?
> Anyone know why we type Pl*co with the * ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> DJay
>
>


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[CS]

It soundslike a pleco from the species Chaetostoma--also called the bulldog
pleco. While they are good algae eaters, they should be fine in a planted
tank. The only damage they can do is uproot plants that are not established
as they roam the tank.

I hope this helps.
"Djay" > wrote in message
...
> Thinking about adding a "rubber lipped" Pl*co to my tank....
>
> Anyone have any luck with this Pl*co and a planted tank?
> Anyone have this particular Pl*co destroy their plants?
> Anyone know why we type Pl*co with the * ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> DJay
>
>

[Djay]

Okay, I GOOGLED on them and found debate on the plant eating habits. So I
asked. I'm going to give it a shot and if he/she decides to start gnoshing
on my plants, I'll go from there. Everything I read reagarding Pl*cos was
that if they do get a taste for the flora, to just give them more veggies to
curb their appetite?

DJay

"CS" > wrote in message
...
> It soundslike a pleco from the species Chaetostoma--also called the
bulldog
> pleco. While they are good algae eaters, they should be fine in a planted
> tank. The only damage they can do is uproot plants that are not
established
> as they roam the tank.
>
> I hope this helps.
> "Djay" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Thinking about adding a "rubber lipped" Pl*co to my tank....
> >
> > Anyone have any luck with this Pl*co and a planted tank?
> > Anyone have this particular Pl*co destroy their plants?
> > Anyone know why we type Pl*co with the * ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > DJay
> >
> >
>
>

[Robert MacCara]

On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 21:09:32 -0800, Djay wrote:

> Thinking about adding a "rubber lipped" Pl*co to my tank....
>
> Anyone have any luck with this Pl*co and a planted tank? Anyone have this
> particular Pl*co destroy their plants? Anyone know why we type Pl*co with
> the * ?

I don't know about the "*". Years ago we just called them Plecostomus, so
I suspect someone along the line decided it was too much to type!
Rob