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TowBoater
07-07-2007, 11:32 AM
They hard to get? I think they look cool and would like to get a small one.
Fishguy2727
07-07-2007, 12:45 PM
They sell them at Petsmart.
TowBoater
07-07-2007, 05:13 PM
We don't have a pet smart, the closest is 2 1/2 hours away.
troy
07-07-2007, 05:43 PM
That's too bad for you.
Drumachine09
07-07-2007, 06:41 PM
That's too bad for you.



Troy, if you dont have anything positive to add to a post, dont reply.



If you are refering to the "rubber lipped" pleco (Chaestoma Milesi), they are fairly common around here. I have one in my 55, but you would never know it, becuase he hides all of the time. He is a good clean up crew, but i wish i saw him more often, because he has some pretty bossly looking patterns.
Fishguy2727
07-07-2007, 10:36 PM
Sometimes a drive for fish is worth it. I try and make a day of it whenever I have to head out of my immediate town. If I up to Baltimore for the fish shops, I go to the Baltimore Aquarium too. If I have to go to D.C. for school, I also go to the D.C. Aquarium, National Zoo, maybe a museum or IMAX.
TowBoater
07-07-2007, 10:43 PM
Seeing as I am only 16, that is hard. I work all the time and I have football. Maybe on a trip to see family or I have someone going there then I will have them pick me one up when they are fixing to come back.
Rue
07-07-2007, 11:23 PM
...just watch your common names...they're 'rubber-lipped'...

...I like them...but I'm still holding out for a bristlenose...
Palor
08-25-2007, 07:22 AM
I too got my rubber lip from petsmart. He is so funny always trying to hide from me under leaves that are on the glass.

These a great little plecos, I think they may get to a measly 5" :)
Dave66
08-26-2007, 10:58 PM
...just watch your common names...they're 'rubber-lipped'...

...I like them...but I'm still holding out for a bristlenose...

Which, Rue? Exotic Finds has a bunch of plecos, including several species of bristlenose, if you don't mind mail order. I have six Ancistrus claro from there. They top out at three inches, so its easy to keep a group in a decent-sized tank (mine are in a 75 planted). Cute little guys. They've bred a couple times (cave breeders) in the 3 years I've had them.
Rats, just checked. EF is no more :( What a drag.

Dave