Mike Hartigan said the following on 1/1/2008 8:01 AM:
Thanks for all the replies. It was useful information but, alas,
nature had other ideas. The eggs are gone and there's not a fry to
be seen. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough - I'll keep an eye on it.
Sadly, the pleco died, though I'm sure this is a coincidence.

Another, related question - I returned from a two week vacation on
Sunday to find these eggs. While I was gone, the furmace quit
working for three days, and I was told that the temp in the house
dropped to 42 degrees during that time. The tank's heater was
working, but I suspect it couldn't keep up with that. Also, my son
(the house sitter) told me that he forgot to feed the fish for two
days in a row last week. Perhaps this was partly to blame for the
pleco's demise.

Two days without food won't kill any freshwater fish. Fish actually do a
little better when under-fed than when over-fed.

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Randy
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