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victimizati0n   Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004  | how can everyone pick their pleco up? If i even bump mine, it totally flips out. |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 |     |
terranova   Fish Master Posts: 1984 Kudos: 1889 Votes: 229 Registered: 09-Jul-2003   | Pick up as in to hold??  Usually if I need to do something with a pleco I just use a good size net. Plecos tend to be very skittish. (sp?)-Formerly known as the Ferretfish  |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 | |
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004 | I can't be assed to net a pleco, as they tend to tear up themselves and the nets in the process. Usually, I'll round them into one corner and scoop them up from there, or, if they're on the glass, I'll gently push the head down, and place my other hand beneath the anal region, and run my hand up the length of the body. They pop right off. Larger plecos are usually netted with a linen tarp, as they are generally less spiny. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 |   |
| victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004 | I have seen alot of people like hold a 12" pleco. I accidently touched my pleco while gravel vac-ing, and he totally flipped out, and was smacking up againstthe glass, etc. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 | |
| Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004 | As in, like the pictures on PC and stuff? Those are generally snagged in fine nets then picked up--most are probably already dead. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 | |
fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004 | Depense on what you mean if you mean taking them out of water which i do not recommend its best to grap them from the snout and the tail. I wouldnt do this to my pleco anywey if you have to move it dont move it with your hands  |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05 | |
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