AP> I can not get plecostomus

you should be able to get them at any walmart... they are the dark algae
eaters they sell... their skin is hard like armour plating... pleco is the
short name for them but you might have to read the cards at the tanks to
know because i doubt that anyone working that section would have the first
clue other than they are fish :?

 AP> or is it plecostomi 

i dunno ;)

 AP> when there is one to stay alive more than a month.  I have been 
 AP> buying "chinese algae eaters"... they seem to have difficulty 
 AP> actually eating algae... and like to pick on other fish. 

i think i know the ones you are speaking of... what kind of algae are you
having problems with? can you describe it?

)\/(ark