LOL -- makes sense.

I am doing my best not to have any dead fish; so none of those to eat!

Pl*co doesn't like the leafy greens/spinach. Won't even come investigate. Nor broccoli ... he didn't even take a bite. So far, he will eat zucchini, yellow squash and asparagus.

Question: I have shrimp ...

Great! I will expand the variety of my veggie offerings. So far the water quality seems fine and I haven't ventured into the realm of "squishier" veggies.

Yesterday evening, I split an asparagus and offered that (again, blanched because I had not yet read your response.) Anyway, I wanted to break ...

Wow, thank you. The photo mouse-over may be one of the coolest features ever.

And, my tank has gone from completely overgrown with at least two kinds of algae to being denuded. My little pl*co buddy is an algae eating MACHINE! (And, the effing barbs eat everything in sight, algae included!) Not ...

Hello all,

I have been lurking and reading old posts. Can you help me with my (probably stupid) questions?

First, why is the * used to spell pl*co?

Secondly, I bought what was called a "chocolate albino." He is described as having a "high fin." Now I have no idea what he actually is ... I want to ...