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Flash Pleco, Anyone Have Any Info On Them
andywatson29
post May 9 2008, 01:42 PM
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Hi there does anyone have any info on the Flash Pleco, i have been on the planetcatfish website, but wanted to know if any of you guys had any experience with them, size, temp, diet and so on
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post May 9 2008, 09:09 PM
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http://planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=126
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post May 10 2008, 01:59 PM
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diet is wood and veg, protein should be a very ocasional treat.

i had one and it was an evil bastard
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post May 10 2008, 03:48 PM
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QUOTE (xingumike @ May 10 2008, 02:59 PM) *
diet is wood and veg, protein should be a very ocasional treat.

i had one and it was an evil bastard


Thanks, why was it evil?
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post May 10 2008, 03:51 PM
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attacked every other plec in my tank
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post May 10 2008, 06:00 PM
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Should be ok then if its the only pleco in a tank
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post May 11 2008, 04:38 AM
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what is the footprint on that 70 litre of yours?
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post May 12 2008, 01:42 PM
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Are the flash plecs from the vampire plec family?
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post May 12 2008, 02:23 PM
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QUOTE (MermaidMel @ May 12 2008, 02:42 PM) *
Are the flash plecs from the vampire plec family?


No, flash are Panaque and Vampires are Leporacanthicus
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post May 12 2008, 05:58 PM
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Mine is an absolute sweety. Have had him for a year or so & has never been confrontational to anything else(in a 70G community tank). For the first 6 months or so, lived completely off the bogwood, but now snacks on the odd algae tablet or a bit of cucumber. He is now the proud uncle to my tiny Zebra plec (about 1 1/2 inches) who follows him around the tank like a puppy.

They are beautiful plecs, quite happy to stay at the front of the tank & be very visible. After a year, mine is now about 4 inches, can't see him getting too much bigger.
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post May 13 2008, 03:55 PM
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I had 3 but sadly lost them fairly recently to a savage bacterial infection sad.gif

My adult was a beautiful, visible and active fish and I would definitely get more when I can. IMO a 70l would have been on the small side for her (she was about 5" plus a bit more for her lyre tail and pretty beefy)
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