Funny Clown Plecos - This time, she just bought it!

Lexi03 and I were supposed to be grocery shopping today. So we got our two boys ready and headed out. We had a few places to stop before getting to the grocery store, and one of them happened to be petsmart. She went in by herself because all she said she was buying was some stress coat, prime, and a glass top for the 55g.

She opens the door to our suv and proclaims, "we will have to grocery shop tomorrow, we need to head home." I roll my eyes and ask her, " what did we get now?" She pulls the plastic bag out and exclaims, "they had clown plecos!" The little guy she got is about 2" at the moment, and is sooooo cute! I am not sure what tank he will end up in, but we'll figure that out later!

 

I named him Fred.

 

Haha Lexi, that sounds just like me. any pics yet?

 

I will try to take a photo tomarrow, he just got finished aclimating, and is hiding out for now. He will be in our 55gal until the 125 is set up then we will be playing a massive game of musical tanks. When all is said and done he will be in our 30gal with green fire tetas and a pair of orange flash cockatoo cichlids.

 

Buying fish is more fun than grocery shopping anyday!

 

Buying fish is more fun than grocery shopping anyday!

+1

Good job LexI
Carol

 

Buying fish is more fun than grocery shopping anyday!

;D

 

lol see now if I did that my fiancee would get annoyed, actually she won't let me go into fish stores when we are out together because she knows its at least an hour trip because I know half the staff lol.

Have fun with fred lol.

Wow I'm having a total smokey and the bandit moment now haha.

 

lol see now if I did that my fiancee would get annoyed, actually she won't let me go into fish stores when we are out together because she knows its at least an hour trip because I know half the staff lol.

Have fun with fred lol.

Wow I'm having a total smokey and the bandit moment now haha.

We usually go to the fish store together, normally we would both got in, but it was pouring down rain and my older boy is out of school for spring break and the younger one was cranky because he missed his nap, didn't really want to drag two grumpy boys through the store.

I tryed to get a photo of Fred today, he is still hiding out. I put a piece of zuccinI by the cave he is in tonight, I think I saw him nibbling on it when I came in the room, but then he backed back into his cave. I have a piece of driftwood in the tank, he hasn't seemed interested in it yet.

 

Are clowns hard to get there?

 

I'm sure I could have ordered one online, but this is the first time I have seen one in a store. We have 1 LFS that carries Bristlenoses and commons and a petsmart that normally only has commons. I don't go in Petco often, but they only have 9 or so tanks, I havn't seen any plecos there before( and I would not buy one if I had, my Petco is awful).

Petsmart had them in one of their special buy tanks, the lady said they only carry the stocks in those tanks a couple months at a time, then the next group of limited time only fish comes in.

 

wow Petland here always has clown pleco's..... smart cause its more suitable with the small size for people with small tanks as long as they have drift wood.

 

XDXD Nice lol. I did that to my mom once, we had to go shopping after a long night of showing goats at the fair. It was about 1-2 in the morning, we went to walmart and I walked out with nero

 

upade and questions

Well Fred came out of his cave sometime last night, I can see a path he ate through on the small bit of algae in the tank ( I really do Hate T8 fixtures). He was on his driftwood when I goot up this morning. He didn't really eat enough zuchinnI to notice any missing. He hid again when I got up to the tank, so no photos.

Now for the question, what is it supposed to look like when a pleco swims? He has me worried because when he goes to hide, he doesn't really swim, he kinda hops along the substrate.

 

Mine simply swims along the bottom like a flying carpet.

 

Buying fish is more fun than grocery shopping anyday!

Indeed!


I love my little Clown Pleco! He has such a 'tude LOL Can't wait to see him! Mines out a lot, because he's got a nice big piece of wood that he can hide in, but they are good at shoving them selves up for days on end lol

 

I can't get either or mine to eat zuchinni, peas, lettuce, carrot anything.

 

I can't get either or mine to eat zuchinni, peas, lettuce, carrot anything.

They are described as wood eating fish at planet catfish

 

plec

Great,
got my common plec and my albeno plec about 6 years ago. Both over 10" now, lots of personalty. Great fish.

 

Good morning,

Here is what I found by clicking on Butterfly/Carols link:


I always push an algae wafer into a slice of zucchinI for my Plecos. This gives the Pleco a chance to eat the wafer before it's stolen by other fish.


The fish in the photo above is in the same spot every morning waiting for his slice.

As for my juvenile Bristle Nose Pleco, I can add the slice to the tank and she is on it within 2 minutes, every morning.

Congrats on the new Clown Pleco you two! Looking forward to photos/videos.

Ken

 

We recently got a clown pleco for my husband's tank...... I named him Bozo......

 

We recently got a clown pleco for my husband's tank...... I named him Bozo......

Lol I actually considered that name in my head, but then I decided it would be a little weird to come home and ask if bozo ate today.

Butterfly: we have drift wood for him but the info I looked up said they needed veggies too or they might start eating plants... not sure which site it was now, I was in a hury to make sure we had the right foods for him when we got home.

Ken: thanks, hopefully I can snagg a photo soon, he was out and about a little more yesterday evening, but my phone battery was too low to take a photo.

 

They are described as wood eating fish at planet catfish

Definitely second that! I clean more wood bits from my gravel than I do poop

 

I know they are wood eaters primarily but I have a lot of people tell me they will eat certain vegtables aswell & it's good to give them vegtable occasionally.

 

Congratulations on your two new additions!!

 

I know they are wood eaters primarily but I have a lot of people tell me they will eat certain vegtables aswell & it's good to give them vegtable occasionally.

How do you offer the veggies? If you offer them raw, try boiling them till the sink. If you off them boiled, try offering them raw. I'd also recommend New Life Spectrum Algae Wafers (That goes to you, too, Lexi!)

 

Figured everyone knew they needed wood but wanted to make sure. Never hurts to offer a varity of foods

This is the one most often offered in stores


But there are others that go by this common name also






carol

 

I only tried boiled potatoes. The others were raw.

 

I have wood in all of my tanks whether they need it or not because I like it I also offer veggies as well as fruits.
carol

 

How do you offer the veggies? If you offer them raw, try boiling them till the sink. If you off them boiled, try offering them raw. I'd also recommend New Life Spectrum Algae Wafers (That goes to you, too, Lexi!)

I use NLS wafers already for my shrimp, cories and ottos( although all the other fish like to pick at them too). I always feed the veggies raw. Its not a big deal if he does not eat the zucchini, that just means more for the other tanks, my ottos and shrimps love it!

Butterfly: Fred is either the fish in the second or third link, I will have to stare at him a bit to figure it out.

 

Update: Photos!

It's Fred!

 

He's really cute Thanks for sharing Fred with us.
Carol

 

Awww, he's so cute! I think we have the same kind, but my boy's a bit darker

 

HI Fred!!! he looks great.