EW gross! no, thank goodness!

I added a bit on tank conditions to my post.

These growths are mostly flat and roughly crescent shaped. They're pleco colored.

One of my plecos, approximately 5 years old, has developed some nasty growths. I think he's a Liposarcus pardalis . I can't quite grab the guy for a close inspection but he appears to have irregularly-shaped lobes or flaps growing from the area between the base of the pecs and the gill cover. One of ...

thanks for the replies! Shane, is your experience with acrylic pretty recent? The newer tanks are (reportedly) much tougher than those made a few years ago, but obviously I'm not sure that makes them tough enough for plecos. Other Loricariids aren't an option. I'm getting a new tank for my fish--not ...

Howdy! I'm looking for some information on how well new acrylic tanks hold up to plecos. I've read that the new acrylics are much tougher than the old ones which were known to get scraped by plecos, but I was wondering if anyone had any experience they'd share. My plecos are "common" types--they ...