cichlids - Page 2

*NikkoBlues* ^(Premo) · 02-21-2003, 12:54 PM

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Originally posted by angelphish
Big guy hmm. Hope he has plenty of room.

I have a 44 +/- gallon pentagonal tank. His only companions now are a small handful of various Tetras, so he has plenty of cruising room in the tank.

angelphish · 02-21-2003, 02:29 PM

Thanks for the fix. I have trouble with stuff like that.

*Sharon* ^(Premo) · 02-21-2003, 02:48 PM

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Originally posted by bluto
I love the bottom feeders!

And that's what keep you coming back!

Penn · 02-21-2003, 02:59 PM

I looked at the site Sharon "fixed" and alluded to plecos being from the catfish family, is that right?
penn

Penn · 02-21-2003, 03:44 PM

Get oughtta here!

I punched up the site, found a search engine and typed in "bristlenosed plecos"; it came back and spoke about catfish!

I swear it's true!
penn

angelphish · 02-21-2003, 04:26 PM

Yes, pleco's are referred to as catfish in it's most general form.
Also pleco is a generalized form for many different fish that resemble the common pleco. On the site I mentioned, most pleco's are listed by their L number. The L stands for Loricariids, the actual species name for plecostomus and others.

angelphish · 02-21-2003, 06:41 PM

Oops. No, not all freshwater fish are cichlids. But its is the biggest genre of freshwater fish.
Mollies, guppies, tetras, gouramis, fish like these are not cichlids.

Kain99 · 02-21-2003, 07:00 PM

If your fish look like round nosed salt water fish then yes you have cichlids! Cichlids are the Most colorful fresh water breed.

My Pleco doesn't have any notable spikey things on his face I guess he's something else.

02-21-2003, 02:29 PM	#12 (permalink)
angelphish Registered User Member Since: Feb 2003 Posts: 109	Thanks for the fix. I have trouble with stuff like that.
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02-21-2003, 02:59 PM	#14 (permalink)
Penn Dancing Up A Storm Member Since: Aug 2002 Location: Great Mills Posts: 15,410	So, what kind of fish is this? I looked at the site Sharon "fixed" and alluded to plecos being from the catfish family, is that right? penn
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02-21-2003, 03:44 PM	#15 (permalink)
Penn Dancing Up A Storm Member Since: Aug 2002 Location: Great Mills Posts: 15,410	Get oughtta here! I punched up the site, found a search engine and typed in "bristlenosed plecos"; it came back and spoke about catfish! I swear it's true! penn
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02-21-2003, 04:26 PM	#16 (permalink)
angelphish Registered User Member Since: Feb 2003 Posts: 109	Yes, pleco's are referred to as catfish in it's most general form. Also pleco is a generalized form for many different fish that resemble the common pleco. On the site I mentioned, most pleco's are listed by their L number. The L stands for Loricariids, the actual species name for plecostomus and others.
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02-21-2003, 06:41 PM	#17 (permalink)
angelphish Registered User Member Since: Feb 2003 Posts: 109	Oops. No, not all freshwater fish are cichlids. But its is the biggest genre of freshwater fish. Mollies, guppies, tetras, gouramis, fish like these are not cichlids.
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02-21-2003, 07:00 PM	#18 (permalink)
Kain99 Hope Eternal Member Since: Sep 2002 Location: Leonardtown Posts: 24,044	If your fish look like round nosed salt water fish then yes you have cichlids! Cichlids are the Most colorful fresh water breed. My Pleco doesn't have any notable spikey things on his face I guess he's something else. __________________ The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), in Plato, Dialogues, Apology
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