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Posted 1/7/2009 5:22:49 AM


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Okay, i'll add the snowball pleco on to the guide, and i'll see if i can dig up any info on chocolate plecos.

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Posted 1/7/2009 6:35:35 AM


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I would nix lettuce as a food recommendation because its nutritional value is terrible.  Instead, mentioning good leafy greens like collards, spinach, turnips, mustard greens and at minimum romaine (no iceberg) lettuce would help steer folks in the right direction. 

Awesome guide.  We should get pictures. :]

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Posted 1/7/2009 2:41:59 PM


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Jas-  I just remembered, the chocolate pleco is an albino form of the common pleco.  I have just added that into the section about the common pleco.  And you said something about a rineloricaria species.  Rineloricaria species are what i have in there as regular whiptails.

fattfishy- i just added the snowball pleco.

Nikita- i'll change it so that it says other veggies besides lettuce.

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Posted 1/7/2009 4:08:54 PM


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I thought someone asked me to add pictures, so i did.  i think that makes the guide look a lot better, and helps a lot with i.d.-ing the plecos.

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Posted 1/7/2009 4:40:09 PM


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Nice guide I think the pictures added alot to it.  Now I don't have to go search the internet looking for what they look like.

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Posted 1/7/2009 6:29:29 PM


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Now the guide looks really great. Worthy to be in MOA's guide for sure. Thanks for adding the snowball pleco.

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Posted 1/7/2009 9:42:57 PM


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I could really use that guide when I'm setting up the tanks I'm getting! Great idea! I got that Aquarium USA for christmas. It has a ton of info on plecos! You should consider buying it and adding on to your guide!

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Posted 1/7/2009 9:54:04 PM


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Posted 1/8/2009 5:24:45 AM


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Fattfisy- your welcome.

Bob Y- I'd love to get an article on plecos so i could add info to the guide, but i don't know where i would find that aquarium usa issue, when it came out around christmas.

Jas- your welcome.

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Posted 1/8/2009 6:16:05 AM


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plecodiscus I also have that issue I just picked it up around the Holidays at Petsmart its also right here on this website too heres the link :

http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-magazines/aquarium-usa/default.aspx








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