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posted 08-09-2003 08:30 AM         

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i had to get rid of my pleco yesterday.
i had no choice he was constantly stressing my pacus! they have sores and scratches
all over them from him sucking on them.

they stopped eating all they would do all day is run away from the pleco.

I dont get it i put in algea waffers and he didnt touch them. i guess he got a taste for pacu slime (sounds funny).

i returned him to the LPS and got some store credit.
he is 12inch i read about them getting aggesive i guess its true.
should i try another one? or just treat the water for algea and get a different fish?

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posted 08-10-2003 09:21 AM         

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Just get a couple of smaller Plecos. The Pacus won't bother them and when they start getting too large or agressive trade them in for some more smaller ones.

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posted 08-10-2003 10:34 AM         

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i didnt think the pacus would bother a small pleco......how about the 6inch oscar?

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posted 08-10-2003 02:16 PM         

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pacuguy,
I don't think you'd have a problem with the oscar. I have a tiger oscar about that size right now in with a reg. pleco about 2-3 inches long and they do fine. Maybe you could try a different kind of pleco there's lots of different kinds. I have a bristlenose
pleco that doesn't get really big but it's not full grown yet so I can't say for sure that it wouldn't do the same thing.

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posted 08-10-2003 11:48 PM         

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The only thing that I've ever really seen bother a Pleco is a Black Shark. I had a Black Shark that killed one.

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posted 08-11-2003 02:25 AM         

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my 5inch oscar has been known to take bites out of my 5inch pleco's dorsal fin

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