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Raskal311
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Another thing with Pleco is that after being in an aquarium for awhile some will get lazy and only eat fish food.
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werdna wrote:
They are great in aquariums, they eat all the algae.
That is all the care they need, they are very hardy fish.
6" aquarium would be minimum I would recommended.
Nope, they wont bite. I let all my nieces and nephews touch my Gibbi. Their skin is really rough, like sandpaper.



Thank you for the information. But I think you mis-understood the size of my fish. My pleco is one foot plus.
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My Gibbi is over 40cm long.
Your pleco is still a baby :)
He got this big in a 5 ft tank

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stevesmartt wrote:
I have about 6 cheapo algae eaters... the oldest went in about 2 years ago and they were about 4-5cm long.. they are now around 12-15cm long and very healthy. the others range from 6-10cm and 5-18months in my tank. I think i paid 3.95 ea from the locall pet store... my plecos keeled over ages ago and never seemed to chomp as much as these guys do.


that's good to know. I was going to buy some but was told they wouldn't survive outdoors unheated in a Perth winter. What type of fish are they?
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I think he meant a 6' tank not a 6" tank..
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typical aussies, don't know how to measure things properly ;)
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Sorry. Yeah, 6 foot, stupid imperial, 1830mm tank :)
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Know the feeling.. Before committing to buy another 6' aquarium tank I ran around the house with the tape measure and found the ideal spot where 1800mm will just fit.. Bought it and got it home and it's 1830, so it overhangs a door frame by half an inch..
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