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WesleT  Hobbyist Posts: 57 Kudos: 55 Votes: 3 Registered: 29-Sep-2004   | ok i have what my lfs called a chocolate pleco... the thing is so lazy... and plus its noctornial.... i have alge growing on some of my decorations and i wanna know whats the best fish to clean that up... doing a fast job and moving around alot |
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| devon7 Big Fish Posts: 475 Kudos: 356 Votes: 4 Registered: 31-Aug-2004  | probably otos  |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52 | |
| WesleT Hobbyist Posts: 57 Kudos: 55 Votes: 3 Registered: 29-Sep-2004 | is there another name for otos? because when i go to my lfs and ask about them they dont know what they are |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52 | |
| devon7 Big Fish Posts: 475 Kudos: 356 Votes: 4 Registered: 31-Aug-2004 | hmm the other common name listed here on fishprofiles is "dwarf sucking catfish" but sometimes it seems like fish stores can get pretty inventive with what they decide to call their fish  haha... the scientific name is Otocinclus affinis so maybe you could write that down and bring it to them and if they dont have anything with that name you could order them? |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52 | |
| WesleT Hobbyist Posts: 57 Kudos: 55 Votes: 3 Registered: 29-Sep-2004 | yeah i got electric ciclids from them and they were called lemon drop cichlids |
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| me is already in use Fish Addict Posts: 596 Kudos: 99 Votes: 25 Registered: 02-Dec-2003  | I'm sorry I'm not really answering your question, but since common names are so varied are you sure your pleco isn't a common pleco? Reason being common plecos get very large(?24"?), and they are not big algea eaters Here's some info + pictures about the "chocolate pleco" from planet catfish http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loricari/pterygop/80_f.php Here are several good pictures of common plecos http://web.mit.edu/lxs/www/cichlids/pleco.html Info about common pleco diet http://www.fishpalace.org/H_plecostomus.html http://www.aquariacentral.com/fishinfo/fresh/pleco.shtml With these you can hopefully identify your pleco Last edited by me is already in use at 15-Oct-2004 17:04 |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52 | |
openwater  Fish Addict Posts: 565 Kudos: 551 Votes: 0 Registered: 24-Jul-2004  | bristlenose are great algae eater, though not great action fish, kind of nocturnal. But definitely eats the algae and does a great job, grows to about 6". |
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| WesleT Hobbyist Posts: 57 Kudos: 55 Votes: 3 Registered: 29-Sep-2004 | ok i went to the lfs and found the otos... they were called o-cats... i also talked to him about my chocolate pleco not doing much alge eating.. he said its because all their fancy plecos are wild caught and the majority of the fancy plecos just sit around and they prefer meat over alge.. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52 | |
| WesleT Hobbyist Posts: 57 Kudos: 55 Votes: 3 Registered: 29-Sep-2004 | and that chocolate pleco in the pics isnt like mine at all... let me see if i can take a pic of it... ok.. go here.. http://www.tmobile-pictures.com/wesler it should be up there |
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| WesleT Hobbyist Posts: 57 Kudos: 55 Votes: 3 Registered: 29-Sep-2004 | ok never mind the pic.. my phone is not uploading right now.. it should be working later |
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