What are people's experiences with breeding plecos?

[Tacocat]

Never believe anyhting a fish store says

You're making it out like they're all greedy dirtbags.

Some of them know what they're talking about, but I guess in general I should be careful.
then again they told me not to buy danios for the 5 gal because it would be too small, here have a guppy pair instead, they don't school and are easy to keep.

 

[Essjay]

It's more that the majority of people who work in fish stores know nothing about fish. If they don't keep fish themselves, then they have to rely on bits and pieces they pick up which probably isn't accurate anyway. Even the owners of smaller stores rarely keep up with advances in the hobby, and they often tell their employees things which are now outdated. One example of this is that we now know fish need bigger tank than used to be thought and many store workers still advise that fish can be kept in tanks which are too small.

 

[Tacocat]

True