Pleco (How I hate that name ! ! !) fishing in Florida
Re: Where plecos come from. . .
Posted: 21 Aug 2010, 02:45
by racoll
Great
Exactly what's needed. More common plecs in the trade.
I wonder if it even occurs to these morons that what they are doing is wrong.
Take them from one river, and dump them in the next when they out grow their tank.
Re: Where plecos come from. . .
Posted: 21 Aug 2010, 03:57
by andywoolloo
why are they doing that?
Re: Where plecos come from. . .
Posted: 21 Aug 2010, 08:30
by Barbie
The fish farms are perpetuating them as being "common" in the industry, but mainly because the public doesn't bother to educate themselves. The farms pay for the individual egg masses and they don't need to maintain breeding colonies themselves. In essence they are practicing conservation in at least removing the 1000 fry per spawning from the water way they were laid in.
If only the general public would request a cute little Ancistrus instead ;).
Barbie
Re: Where plecos come from. . .
Posted: 21 Aug 2010, 11:45
by MatsP
Ancistrus every time. I try to help by distributing my fry!
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Mats
Re: Where plecos come from. . .
Posted: 22 Aug 2010, 21:56
by nvcichlids
I was just reading an article today that in florida (along the eastern coast) common ancistrus are breeding rapidly in the wild.
Re: Where plecos come from. . .
Posted: 23 Aug 2010, 00:22
by andywoolloo
I always tell everyone top get the ancistrus and return the commons. poor things shouldn't be sold as freely as they are.
