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woodeating pleco tips

Posted: 21 Mar 2004, 06:33
by Andy
Hi everyone,

I'm trying to find a good limnivore for my tank. It should preferably not need a strong current and preferably stay around 3-4 inches. Are there any species readily available on the market?

Thanks for any help,

Andy

Posted: 21 Mar 2004, 09:54
by BK
Panaque maccus??

Posted: 21 Mar 2004, 11:11
by Andy
thanks,

I think one of the local LFS actually have a couple in stock. Are there any others that might fit the same criteria?

Andy

Posted: 21 Mar 2004, 20:42
by magnum4
The question makes no sense. the title asks about wood eating species. But the question asks about Limnivore species.

panaque maccus are omnivores

Posted: 24 Mar 2004, 07:14
by Andy
Sorry about that, I thought that limnivore meant wood/bark-eater.
That's the kind of pleco that I'm after. I guess there are many panaques that go for wood but how many of those are common on the market. If the species is common then I'll probably be able to order it from my LFS.

Posted: 24 Mar 2004, 20:39
by biomechmonster
Any of the gold nuggets, they love wood!

Posted: 26 Mar 2004, 22:14
by Andy
The problem with gold nuggets are that they are a bit larger than what I'm looking for, I'd like to find a species that stays about 3 to 4 inches. That's about 8 to 10.5 cm. Apart from that the gold nuggets would have been great.