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LosC
03-21-2008, 11:45 PM
These guys have raided Rio Chacamax dry of algae in Mexico.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bK5wg2tZ0U
Kristin
03-22-2008, 12:42 AM
That's crazy! There's hundreds of them, yikes.
LosC
03-22-2008, 05:34 AM
Yuhp, and they're all like 10"+, mating size. Notice all the rocks are smooth clean.
Tjones
03-22-2008, 06:39 AM
that would be a damn gold mine for that big of pleco! here for like an 8 inch is 20$ or more and if you can find an exotic that is like golden yellow its around 50 each.
Levi
03-22-2008, 06:48 AM
swarms of them
Lady Hobbs
03-22-2008, 07:45 AM
I thought of the same thing Tjones thought of......the price. Just one that size would cost $100 easily.
William
03-22-2008, 10:01 AM
They are wrecking havoc in a lot of places. Another example is florida where they are burrowing so much that they destroy the edges/ mudbanks of channels and rivers.
Algenco
03-22-2008, 10:42 AM
They are wrecking havoc in a lot of places. Another example is florida where they are burrowing so much that they destroy the edges/ mudbanks of channels and rivers.

I read recently that fish farms in Florida had quit breeding them, they buy eggs that locals collect from streams and rivers