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	Rubber LIpped Pleco?
Cichlid Kid Fish Addict Posts: 553 Kudos: 285 Votes: 34 Registered: 22-May-2004	does anyone have any info on a "rubber lipped pleco"? or possibly the link to a profile, ive looked on this site but nothing for a fish by that name.
Posted 23-Jan-2009 03:11
cichlidaddicted Small Fry Posts: 14 Kudos: 9 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Oct-2008	http://fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/331.htm ^theres your profile ive kept one of these guys before, theyre pretty straightforward in care, only you must have a lot of algae in your tank, as IME theyre very shy, and it can be hard trying to feed them.
Posted 23-Jan-2009 04:40
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	These fish are pretty hardy, but they generally come from cooler, fast-moving waters. They also get a little larger than would be okay in, say, a 10 gallon. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 23-Jan-2009 04:57
Cichlid Kid Fish Addict Posts: 553 Kudos: 285 Votes: 34 Registered: 22-May-2004	ok thanks guys. just curious but if it out grew my moms 15G woud it be acceptable to put it in my oscar tank, or would the O kill it+water would be to warm?the temp is lik 76F
Posted 23-Jan-2009 05:55
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	Edited by Shinigami 76F should probably be fine, though I'll admit I haven't kept these. An adult Oscar could eat a pleco like this, though, or at least attempt to. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 23-Jan-2009 19:19
Cichlid Kid Fish Addict Posts: 553 Kudos: 285 Votes: 34 Registered: 22-May-2004	well to tell the truth, the rubber lipped may have to go to my girlfriend 30G, because i have no algae in my Oscar tank.i have had pretty good luck with large cichlid tank,i never get a spot of algae in them. my ten gallon breeder/feeder guppy tank has an abundance of it, i have an otto to combat it, and probably a few more soon.
Posted 24-Jan-2009 01:27
divertran Fish Addict Posts: 784 Kudos: 469 Votes: 165 Registered: 14-Nov-2004	I've had my Petey for a number of years now, he's roughly just over 4" in length. Easy little bugger to feed I just toss an algae wafer now and then. If he gets too used to it he will munch that and not munch what's growing on the walls. He's got 4 yo-yos for company down the bottom of the tank and they get along very well. I think they get a bit too big for a ten, Mine's in a 29.
Posted 04-Feb-2010 09:46


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