got my plecos today

[squirt_12]

so i went to my LFS to exchange my 8" common pleco in for a clown pleco and picked up 4 more. SO in total i got 5 clown plecos. I got a huge deal on them. For 5 i only paid $19.19. Which is good i think.

i floated them and added a little bit of my tank water for about 30-40 minutes. They are now swimming around the bottom of the tank. They are really fast too. They just zoom from one side to the other.

they are about 1" right now.

[Tolley]

Nice!!! thumbs2:


Got any pics yet?

[sailor]

Sounds like a great score. You got a good deal on those. Bring on the pics.thumbs2:

[smaug]

do you have some wood in the tank for them.Also the are very territorial so m ake sure they all have there own hiding places.My clown is only 3" and he beats on my 7" leopard plec all the time.

[squirt_12]

do you have some wood in the tank for them.Also the are very territorial so m ake sure they all have there own hiding places.My clown is only 3" and he beats on my 7" leopard plec all the time.
i will be getting some wood here soon and picking up some clay pots...about 4-6 clay pots and 2-3 pieces of drift wood.

the pics will come soon.....i just want to wait for them to settle in.

[Tolley]

cool :thumb:

[smaug]

i will be getting some wood here soon and picking up some clay pots...about 4-6 clay pots and 2-3 pieces of drift wood.

the pics will come soon.....i just want to wait for them to settle in.
they will be very happy little clowns indeed!

[squirt_12]

they will be very happy little clowns indeed!
i hope so....and i have some big round rocks int here for them to suck onto aswell.

[country_boy454]

Good score... on with the pics!

[Arkie]

thats an excellent price, you did score. im sure everyone is sick of me quoting the aussie price for a clown pleco, lol but over here they are worth $119 each!!!!!!! its not fair

[Demi ^_^]

Goodluck with them! Hope to see pics soon =)

[squirt_12]

thats an excellent price, you did score. im sure everyone is sick of me quoting the aussie price for a clown pleco, lol but over here they are worth $119 each!!!!!!! its not fair
WOW!!!!!! That is expensive. I wonder why they are more expensive over there???

[shockshockshad]

Thats really expensive! WOW. Post pics soon squirt!

[blu]

Wow that is a good deal! Cant wait to see pics!
Do you plan to breed them?

[TowBoater]

I got one one time for 4$ but the price was actually 12$, the guy didn't know it was a clown. Excellent price, congrats man!!

[squirt_12]

Wow that is a good deal! Cant wait to see pics!
Do you plan to breed them?
yes i plan on breeding them. I have to wait about a year for them to grow up though. But after that they should and hopefully breed. I just hope that i got males and females.

What ALL kinds of food will they accept??

EDIT - i know that they will eat veggies and sinking algae wafers....but what elsE??? will they eat any form of meaty food??? like blood worms??

[blu]

Im not entirely sure about meaty foods but I would say they would eat some of it. They definately need wood to eat though..and veggies. I dont know if you have ever tried it but my bristle nose loves broccoli stems(frozen ones sink when thawed)

[gm72]

Wow, what size tank do you have them in? You know of course that they get about 5", right?

[YaYgoldFish]

Probably in his 33g, I think its his largest.

[Harls]

They Love Bloodworms so feed them them if u have some!!!

[squirt_12]

Wow, what size tank do you have them in? You know of course that they get about 5", right?
yeah they are in the 33g. Yeah i know they get that big.

OK....well i am getting some wood here soon, have veggies i can feed them/algae/algae wafer, and i have lots of blood worms. Ok so i think i am set.

[YaYgoldFish]

yeah they are in the 33g. Yeah i know they get that big.

OK....well i am getting some wood here soon, have veggies i can feed them/algae/algae wafer, and i have lots of blood worms. Ok so i think i am set.


Do you still have all those tetras and other fish?

[squirt_12]

Do you still have all those tetras and other fish?
no....not all of them.

[squirt_12]

ok so i finally got some pics of my clown plecos.


sorry about the quality.

EDIT - i couldn't find them all so i only got pics of 3 of them.

[blu]

Awesome plecos...the one in the second pic looks like it has really nice markings.

what do you plan to do with the fry once they are at a good size?

[squirt_12]

Awesome plecos...the one in the second pic looks like it has really nice markings.

what do you plan to do with the fry once they are at a good size?
my LFS will take them and i have lots of friends with big tanks that will take them. But they wont breed until they are about 1 year old. So i have to wait and hopefully they will breed.

yeah they all have markings like that.....really nice fish.

[angelcakes]

hello,nice fish!!!one of the best plecs about,in england these are quite dear so im unsure how it works out in conversion thumbs2: