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Thats probably about right on the bristles. The albinos are easier to sex as the males have a pink spot behind their heads. Not sure if mine are big enough to see it though. I don’t remember when you can see it. Personally if anyone wants to get some from me, I’m not sexing them and I always send extras of whatever I’m shipping. Pam

To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.comFrom: GoldLenny@gmail.comDate: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:43:20 -0600Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] pleco’s

I got a BN pleco as lagniappe with my first Cherry Shrimp order from aprivate seller online. The Cherry Shrimp and he did fine in the two dayshipping process but I think they shipped the little guy too early in hislife… he was only about 1/2″ long… but I thought he was going to make itat first but he only lasted three days and died without any known cause. Upuntil that third day, he was eating algae, swimming around, etc. Shippingpleco’s is no different than shipping any other fish or critters.I wonder why the breather bags would be an issue for plecos unless when theysuction to the bag, they might be able to breathe through the bag??? Iwouldn’t think so due to the science involved in breathable bags but whoknows.A BN would be good for her tank size… the big question is does she want anugly nosed male or a “normal” female. I would want one of the ugly ducklingmales. lol I’ve read you can’t tell the males from the females until around8-12 months.. well at least the bristles do not grow large enough on themales until that time. Is this accurate? How old are yours before thebristles start showing up on the males?Lenny Vasbinder Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com(Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on the rightside, alphabetically under Labels and also under Archives by Year, Month)—–Original Message—–From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] OnBehalf Of pam andressSent: Monday, December 22, 2008 6:34 PMTo: aquaticlife@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [AquaticLife] pleco’sLenny,I’m afraid to ship my plecos. Thats why I haven’t started selling them yet.I know everyone that ships has to start somewhere and I have shipped mysnails and cherry shrimp, but PLECOS??? All of my animals are my babies andsince they where born here, they are so even more. They are my first plecosto breed. Right now I have 4 batches growing up and a male sitting on eggs.:) Most are browns, but I do have some albinos too and some are mixedparents. Sure I can post my aquabid name (ucdxmisty), but there are manypeople on aquabid that have much more experience shipping fish and maybe shedoesn’t want BN’s. I just hate seeing people stuck with something theyreally don’t want.PamPS I don’t have any breather bags and have been told to watch them withplecos. I also have other fish to sell too. lolTo: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.comFrom : GoldLenny@gmail.comDate : Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:11:49 -0600Subject:RE: [AquaticLife] pleco’sPam,You should plug your Aquabid nickname while you’re posting about it.;-)There’s over 2,000 members in this group. Amber’s issue is that she liveson Gilligan’s Island (lol) somewhere inAlaska and the overnight companiesdon’t pay attention to that wholeovernight rule in her neck of the woods. Ifyou are going to ship to her,make sure you pack the fish with enough heatpacks and get the breathablebags and use Prime or some other ammoniadetoxifier for water treatment justin case the overnight trip turns into amulti-day trip.Lenny Vasbinder Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com (Links to any articles referenced in abovereply are listed on the rightside, alphabetically under Labels and alsounder Archives by Year, Month)—–Original Message—–From:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com ]OnBehalf Of pam andressSent: Monday, December 22, 2008 3:54 PMTo:aquaticlife@yahoogroups.comSubject : RE: [AquaticLife]pleco’sAmber don’t get that pleco. If you want smaller plecos, then lookonaquabid.com. I even have some I’m going to start selling after theholidays.I have baby bristle nose albino and browns. I have not shipped fishyet, soI’m a little scared. I have shipped snails and cherry shrimp though,so I dohave some knowledge of shipping. There are many types of smallerplecos. Youdon’t have to be stuck with something you really don’twant.PamTo: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.comFrom : amber@rose-fields.comDate :Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:32:53-0900Subject: [AquaticLife] pleco’sOkay my LFS onlybuys one kind of pleco, the sailfin (which get’s huge,*sarcastic* yay). So Icould probably get 1 for my 125 gallon tank, and hopeit doesn’t get huge andtry to eat any of my other fish. Right now it is mycommunity tank/semiaggressive until I get substrate for my 55 gallon tankand move some fish andfilters over there. I also have to wait until my newfilter arrives in themail, and the parts to the eheim arrive. They havesome very small sailfin(for now small at least) pleco’s in the store and Icould get one for my bigtank to help with the algae build up that’s beenappearing this weekend. Ihaven’t changed my lighting schedule and suddenlyI’m getting an algae buildup, which I guess is good in a way, except I haveno algae eating fish, LOL.I also had to move some plants out of the tankbecause someone (I’m thinkingthe angel fish) are uprooting the smallerplants and/or eating some of them.I need to find some hardier plants Iguess, they leave the bigger onesalone.My question is this, should I waitto get the pleco until I move thecommunity fish into my 55 gallon becauseof the added bioload or will hebenefit enough by eating my algae for it tobe okay? I’m hoping my Aquaclear110 shows up this week, I ordered it acouple weeks ago on ebay and theyshipped it USPS (unfortunately) so whoknows how long it’ll tank due to theweather in Seattle. I’m going to putthe filter on the 125 gallon for someadded filtration.Amber [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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