pleco

I have a almost 4 inch bristlenose pleco that I have always believed was a male, but quite recently he's gotten REALLY fat! I heard plecos can get constipated (?) and can die from it so I have started to worry! Maybe he is a she though and she's just full of eggs???   He/She is about a year old...

I'm intersted in possible breeding my Bristlenose Pleco's but I have read that Pleco's need a PH of about 7.0 and the PH of my water is about 8.0... How can I naturally buffer the PH lower and keep it that way? Or would it be ok to just try and breed them in the 8.0 PH water?   Thanks for any...

I have a 45 gallon hexagonal communiy freshwater tank. Inside this tank you might be luckily enough to find Pleco (Yes, I named him Pleco), a male albino bristlenose plecostomus. He's almost two inches long now, but he still remainds easily hidden among the plants and decorations.   Anyways; my...

Hi, this is my first time posting on tropical fish forums. For the last couple of weeks I have started noticing white patches on my fake log decorations. I have recently added a rusty Pleco to the tank and was wondering if he was the cause of the missing paint. These are fish tank decorations...

I'm coming to the end of a fishless cycle for my 190 litre community tank. I've more or less decided my stocking list, but I'm needing some advice on algae eaters. I'm thinking of getting some shrimp or a small pleco. I have listed my specs below, and was wondering if anyone had ideas on what i...

I have a 5-month-old common pleco measuring just under 10 inches in what I now know to be an undersized home -- a 30 gallon tank (36" x 12" x 16") aquarium. Sometime within the next year (probably next fall), we'll be upgrading to a much, much larger aquarium more befitting his size. In the...