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From: stan@shell.com (Stan Hanks)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Algae
Summary: fun with plecos...
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Date: 3 May 88 23:50:39 GMT
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I find that my pleco's tend to help out with the occasional overzealous
shake of the flake food can. And if you feed them pelletized food
like Tetra TabiMin from time to time, you can keep them around and
hungry enough to keep the tank clean.

And remember, the size of most such fish is limited by the
combination of the size of the tank they are kept in, plus
the availability of food. Keep them hungry, and they stay 
a manageable size. I have one that has been around almost
a year, and is only about an inch longer than he was when 
I got him (about 6"), contrasted with a clown pleco I have
been force-feeding (well, close anyway) which has almost doubled 
in size in the last 5 month, bringing him up to about 5".

Maybe you really *are* what you eat......

Stan Hanks
Research Computer Scientist,                              (and Postmaster!)
Shell Development Company, Bellaire Research Center         (713) 663-2385
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