Found the site when I was doing a search about plecos. I enjoyed reading and thought I'd chime in and ask for some advice. Have a ten gallon tank and didn't know what we were doing (and the sales people were less than informative). Started with three neons, two frogs that were supposed to be dwarfs and a leopard pleco.
Our 'dwarf' frogs turned out to be african albino clawed frogs that in five months had grown to six inches each. One by one the little neons disappeared overnight and we figured the frogs were eating them. Meanwhile my little bitty pleco, Pluto, grew to six inches plus. The frogs were stepping on his head and annoying him. I knew they didn't have enough room in there so got rid of the frogs and now just have Pluto. I've gotten so attached to that guy and he's such a handsome fellow. Right now he's the only one in the tank and seems content with that. After the frogs left, he seemed about worn out and napped for two days but now he's gotten quite active even during the daytime.
Oh, and now he's eight inches... so does anybody know if he'll be happy in the ten gallon tank for a while until we can work something out? I keep telling him "You've gotta stop growing so fast, dude!" Pluto is what my wife calls my 'Zen' fish. I can sit in front of the tank watching him and it's almost like meditation. I read somewhere that a pleco will roll their eyes and wink at you so I was determined to find out. I sat there for a good 20 minutes and danged if he didn't finally do it.
I know he's really just blinking both eyes but that was so cool. I was communing with my pleco.
Anyway, I'm a writer so I tend to get yakky... I'll keep it short for my first post. Thanks for any comments, suggestions.
Our 'dwarf' frogs turned out to be african albino clawed frogs that in five months had grown to six inches each. One by one the little neons disappeared overnight and we figured the frogs were eating them. Meanwhile my little bitty pleco, Pluto, grew to six inches plus. The frogs were stepping on his head and annoying him. I knew they didn't have enough room in there so got rid of the frogs and now just have Pluto. I've gotten so attached to that guy and he's such a handsome fellow. Right now he's the only one in the tank and seems content with that. After the frogs left, he seemed about worn out and napped for two days but now he's gotten quite active even during the daytime.
Oh, and now he's eight inches... so does anybody know if he'll be happy in the ten gallon tank for a while until we can work something out? I keep telling him "You've gotta stop growing so fast, dude!" Pluto is what my wife calls my 'Zen' fish. I can sit in front of the tank watching him and it's almost like meditation. I read somewhere that a pleco will roll their eyes and wink at you so I was determined to find out. I sat there for a good 20 minutes and danged if he didn't finally do it.
I know he's really just blinking both eyes but that was so cool. I was communing with my pleco.
Anyway, I'm a writer so I tend to get yakky... I'll keep it short for my first post. Thanks for any comments, suggestions.