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    Larger plecos aren't cleaning my tank

    I have a little brown and green goo on the back of my new 72 gallon tank and I decided to get 2 - 4inch plecos to help me keep it clean. These plecos are very inactive and don't really seem to be doing anything at all.

    I don't have any prior experience with these larger plecos. Is this typical?

    My albino and pit bull plecos are constantly moving around and cleaning in my other tanks.
    Jarrod - Houston, Texas
    150 gallon - my African cichlid monster tank (I know it isn't a big as yours)
    17 gallon - Threadfin rainbows and corys lightly planted
    5 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder
    3 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder
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    typical for bigger plecos from my experience.
    25g - Reef
    3.5g - Surge Tank
    10g - Ichthyophthirius multifilis breeding colony

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    • #3
      I guess I will be getting the pit bulls from now on. Much more fun to watch and they don't grow much from what I have read.
      Jarrod - Houston, Texas
      150 gallon - my African cichlid monster tank (I know it isn't a big as yours)
      17 gallon - Threadfin rainbows and corys lightly planted
      5 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder
      3 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder

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      • #4
        whats a pit bull pleco? im not familiar with that common name.
        25g - Reef
        3.5g - Surge Tank
        10g - Ichthyophthirius multifilis breeding colony

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        • #5
          It is a tiny thing. Maybe an inch in length. That is the name that Don at FG used for it. I don't know it by any other name. He said it wouldn't grow much at all.
          Jarrod - Houston, Texas
          150 gallon - my African cichlid monster tank (I know it isn't a big as yours)
          17 gallon - Threadfin rainbows and corys lightly planted
          5 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder
          3 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder

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          • #6
            This is a pretty good write up.

            Caresheets - Pitbull Pleco (Goby Plec) - Parotocinclus jumbo - Fishkeeping
            http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/modules/caresheets/caresheet.php?caresheetID=8
            Pitbull Pleco - Care information, recommendations and advice on health, diet, compatibility, breeding from the members of fishkeeping.co.uk
            Jarrod - Houston, Texas
            150 gallon - my African cichlid monster tank (I know it isn't a big as yours)
            17 gallon - Threadfin rainbows and corys lightly planted
            5 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder
            3 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder

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            • #7
              bristlenose plecos are work horses

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              • #8
                bristlenose plecos work very well too and dont get very big.
                25g - Reef
                3.5g - Surge Tank
                10g - Ichthyophthirius multifilis breeding colony

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                • #9
                  Plecos are alot like wives the older/bigger they get the less they clean
                  Last edited by Gene D; 10-22-2009, 12:03 PM.
                  120g - Tropheus Moorii Kambwimba
                  180g - Petrochromis Macrognathus Dine/Tropheus Moorii Namansi I

                  "Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains"....Winston Churchill

                  "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harm"....Winston Churchill

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Gene D View Post
                    Plecos are alot like wives the older/bigger they get the less they clean
                    that's true!

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                    • #11
                      ya i talked to don awhile back befor he worked at fish gallery about a large pleco and he sold me a 1' for 10 i was like wow what a good price until i learned that once they get big their matabalism slow and they dont doo anything

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Gene D View Post
                        Plecos are alot like wives the older/bigger they get the less they clean
                        Boy if that ain't treadin' on thin ICE.....
                        BEWARE Guard GUPPIES On Duty!

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by lilmissruffcountry View Post
                          Boy if that ain't treadin' on thin ICE.....
                          Yeah but its funny damnit!!!
                          120g - Tropheus Moorii Kambwimba
                          180g - Petrochromis Macrognathus Dine/Tropheus Moorii Namansi I

                          "Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains"....Winston Churchill

                          "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harm"....Winston Churchill

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                          • #14
                            Our big pleco doesn't do anything but take up space, but he's become part of the family so we keep him around. The bristlenose keeps our tank clean.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by cichlid1409 View Post
                              bristlenose plecos work very well too and dont get very big.
                              ive seen a BN pleco over 7in...
                              I make people happy

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