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Posted by: desireless Mon, 07 Jun 2004 3:05 pm

Hi,

Anyone keeps Pleco (Sucker Fish) in there tank together with ranchus? Is it advisable?

I am thinking that getting one might help clear the poos of the fishes.

However, I have some doubt... Should I QT a pleco for as long as a goldfish (1 month)?

How should I know if a pleco is sick? White Spot might be easier to see but what about gill disease, internal bacteria, etc?

Posted by: mountain Mon, 07 Jun 2004 4:34 pm

it will bite/eat up your goldfish wor ..

Posted by: HappyBuddha Mon, 07 Jun 2004 4:52 pm

Posted by: desireless Mon, 07 Jun 2004 6:44 pm

KNN... Always hear ppl call them "Jia sai hee" (Eat Shit fish)... So I bought one hoping it will do its work. Very nice albino pleco.... but since it won't eat poos....

Posted by: The Matrix Mon, 07 Jun 2004 6:59 pm

KNN... Always hear ppl call them "Jia sai hee" (Eat Shit fish)... So I bought one hoping it will do its work. Very nice albino pleco.... but since it won't eat poos.... 

Posted by: desireless Mon, 07 Jun 2004 7:03 pm

Dunno leh, I am current QT-ing it together with a baby pearl scale. Saw a few very very thin poo... Wonder are they from the pleco or the pearl. I am using this pearl as test to see if this pleco will attack it.

If I see one eye on the pearl scale missing, I will pour Dettol in the QT tank

Posted by: domho7 Mon, 07 Jun 2004 7:11 pm

Dunno leh, I am current QT-ing it together with a baby pearl scale. Saw a few very very thin poo... Wonder are they from the pleco or the pearl. I am using this pearl as test to see if this pleco will attack it.

If I see one eye on the pearl scale missing, I will pour Dettol in the QT tank 

Posted by: mountain Mon, 07 Jun 2004 7:18 pm

Dunno leh, I am current QT-ing it together with a baby pearl scale. Saw a few very very thin poo... Wonder are they from the pleco or the pearl. I am using this pearl as test to see if this pleco will attack it.

If I see one eye on the pearl scale missing, I will pour Dettol in the QT tank 

Posted by: desireless Mon, 07 Jun 2004 7:32 pm

Now into 2nd day of QT... Both the pearl scale's eyes still in tact... see how lah... Now they still in harmony... seems like the my pearlscale is the one that keeps disturbing the pleco...

I also just bought Dettol.... Also just checked that my oven to be working OK...

"Ebony and Ivory,
lives together in perfect harmony..."

Posted by: mountain Mon, 07 Jun 2004 11:19 pm

its not the same placo u posted in the first pic .. .. this one is albino placo isst?? sorrie .. i dunno anything abt placos ..

long time ago when i was young, i go out with my father to chua chu kang to lay big nets across a reservior opening to catch talipis , OMG .. the typical plecos is bigger then my arm!! i guess this is about the only chance when the plecos will eat up LH!

Posted by: CyberET Mon, 07 Jun 2004 11:29 pm

i dumped 2 of those sucker fish into the big drain a few months back.. bought at 5cm.. grow till 40cm.. they get useless when they r big, keep snatching my koi food.. also they don't really eat shit.. more on algae and undigested koi poo filled with food

Posted by: desireless Tue, 08 Jun 2004 12:00 am

Think as long as it dosen't eat my fish, I'll keep it... Till it is big enuf... Put inside reservoir lor...

KNN... a jia sai hee dun jia sai...

Really kay kiang go and buy

Posted by: CyberET Tue, 08 Jun 2004 2:01 am

haha... sucker fish also comes with extras as well.. haiz.. really kay kiang go buy ah

Posted by: desireless Tue, 08 Jun 2004 6:28 am

haha... sucker fish also comes with extras as well.. haiz.. really kay kiang go buy ah

Posted by: desireless Tue, 08 Jun 2004 6:31 am

Posted by: CyberET Tue, 08 Jun 2004 9:58 am

Ha?
Extra things like what??

Posted by: CyberET Tue, 08 Jun 2004 9:59 am

Yeah... Albino pleco... small small only (3-inch plus) cost 8 bucks...

now I know it cannot eat poo so it is a waste of $$

Posted by: desireless Tue, 08 Jun 2004 3:22 pm

like tons of parasites la..
aiyo.. sucker fish le..

Posted by: RBT Tue, 08 Jun 2004 4:38 pm

looks like same as those put together with LH.

stupid me put this sucker with(of all the fishes in the world)Discus,no QT heheehe

Discus start to KO 1by1,apparently these suckers have tons n tons of internal bacteria/parasite which they have got resistance to.

Posted by: lighter Thu, 07 Oct 2004 3:29 am

Hi guys, allow me to share some experiences with you. If your purpose of having a pleco is to help clean up the tank, then i wont advise getting any of them. Plecos shit a lot more compared to most fishes (i think goldfish also?) and some just like commercial food so much that they stop "cleaning" your tank. If you must get one, try those small ones. Most big plecos are not as hardworking as the small ones when "cleaning" the tank. Btw, i'm speaking of those common ones!

Posted by: articguardian Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:34 am

I think plecos look so ugly. Shouldn't get them to clean up the tank. Furthermore, even if they were to eat shit (which they don't) they would still produce shit what. So at the end of the day, the amount of shit in the tank remains the same. And they would probably compete with the goldfish for food and the amount of oxygen in the tank will decrease if you add a relatively large pleco.

Posted by: DillIuSionS Mon, 06 Dec 2004 11:22 pm

Eh i also from plecofanatics leh..... they dun eat sht

Posted by: desireless Tue, 07 Dec 2004 2:19 am

Wow cool... then you should know who lighter is

Posted by: DillIuSionS Tue, 07 Dec 2004 12:26 pm

Ya....the guy with the dancing pic as his avatar?? He lyk expert in plecos.....

Posted by: patie Wed, 28 Dec 2005 9:56 pm

Hello guys,
I am new here. just to share what i know
I have sucker fish inside my fountain with the goldfish. if u really want to put it in, i suggest you buy those small one which will not grow big. I asked the lady in the aquarium shop before buying it. These type of sucker fish will not bite goldfish and they are hiding most of the time. It costs abt $1.5 each. If u r not sure, it will be good to ask the shop keeper abt it.
just my 2 cents worth of suggestion.
P/S: I bought it at chinatown where i used to stay and still go there often. Locate at the 2nd storey.

Posted by: gohks Wed, 28 Dec 2005 10:54 pm

Never ever have a sucker fish mixed with your goldfish, you will see him attacking your goldfish more then clearing the shit. Those that is > 5cm and when the body area of your goldfish are huge enough for their month to suck on, you will see them chewing and sucking on their scales. They will even ferociously attacking on the fish when they are sick, dislodging their scales till the fish dies.
I have discarded a few, when they grew and start to give me problem. Rather clean the tank myself then relying on this monster.
Be observant when you have one, they will do the attack when no one is around or in the middle of night. Smart guy . Watch-out for your goldfish for any wounds, injuries or falling scales, these are sign of attack from pleco.

Posted by: ball Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:20 pm

Does the so call sucker fish really help to clean the tank???
If you drop fish food into the tank, the sucker fish will opt for the fish food.
If there is no fish food, they will eat the algae just like any other fish.
As for the shit, did anybody actually see the sucker fish eat the shit without spitting it out like any other fish?? I have not seen one.

Posted by: CP Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:57 pm

Sucker fish doesn't eat shit.
But it does help my clean my tank which is prone to brown algaes.It keeps it sparkling clean.
I usually buy a small one,it does its job well.But when it gows bigger and starts attacking goldfish,I simply flush it down the toilet and replace it with another small one.

Posted by: goldrush Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:50 am

Hmmm...........Fully disposable??????

not recycle,not reuse and not reduce

Wonder who is the real SUCKER?

Posted by: CyberET Thu, 29 Dec 2005 9:49 am

i disposed 2 40bu sucker fish when i realised the algae would be better left for the kois or No3

Posted by: gohks Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:22 am

To add on, the look by itself already stress up your goldfish and cause them .

In short, the Sucker's Sucker really Sucks!!