pleco's are more susceptible to the harsh conditions of cycling...best bet
is cheap hardy fish...and then sell them back.  I prefer red-eye tetra ($.99
at petco) I sold them back for $.50 each
"NetMax"  wrote in message
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> "Donald Kerns"  wrote in message
> news:b54pit01afc{at}enews2.newsguy.com...
> > Bogdan Wid³a wrote:
> >
> > > If I were you, I'd try cycling with Ancistrus ( I forgot the english
> name
> > > :/ )
> >
> > Probably because there are so many names!!!
> >
> > Bristlenose|bushynose  catfish|pl*co
> >
> > Dem armored, sucker mouthed catfish do put out da poop.
>
> How odd, using a pl*co to cycle ?!?!  You have no algae, so you have to
> keep feeding him algae discs and zucchini?  It's certainly a different
> way to go about it.  It's a bit more expensive to risk killing, but it's
> a fish you might want to keep in there after cycling.  Fishless cycling
> is still the best in my book.
>
> NetMax
>
> > HTH,
> >
> > -Donald
> > --
> > "There is nothing so strong as gentleness, and there is nothing so
> gentle as
> > real strength." St. Francis de Sales
>
>
>
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