Flash Pleco

[ALW]

Hi there does anyone have any info on the Flash Pleco, i have been on the planetcatfish website, but wanted to know if any of you guys had any experience with them, size, temp, diet and so on

 

[windy 1958]

http/planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=126

 

[xingumike]

diet is wood and veg, protein should be a very ocasional treat.

i had one and it was an evil bastard

 

[ALW]

diet is wood and veg, protein should be a very ocasional treat.

i had one and it was an evil bastard

Thanks, why was it evil?

 

[xingumike]

attacked every other plec in my tank

 

[ALW]

Should be ok then if its the only pleco in a tank

 

[xingumike]

what is the footprint on that 70 litre of yours?

 

[MermaidMel]

Are the flash plecs from the vampire plec family?

 

[xingumike]

Are the flash plecs from the vampire plec family?

No, flash are Panaque and Vampires are Leporacanthicus

 

[Guinness]

Mine is an absolute sweety. Have had him for a year or so & has never been confrontational to anything else(in a 70G community tank). For the first 6 months or so, lived completely off the bogwood, but now snacks on the odd algae tablet or a bit of cucumber. He is now the proud uncle to my tiny Zebra plec (about 1 1/2 inches) who follows him around the tank like a puppy.

They are beautiful plecs, quite happy to stay at the front of the tank & be very visible. After a year, mine is now about 4 inches, can't see him getting too much bigger.

 

[indigoj]

I had 3 but sadly lost them fairly recently to a savage bacterial infection

My adult was a beautiful, visible and active fish and I would definitely get more when I can. IMO a 70l would have been on the small side for her (she was about 5" plus a bit more for her lyre tail and pretty beefy)