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A Pleco Question
I have a friend who wants to get rid of a really big pleco.
I was thinking of putting it in my 800 gal pond to control algae. My question is: is it possible to keep it in the pond during the winter or would it just die. I dont have a big enough tank for it in the house. I live in the southern part of Ohio. |
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A Pleco Question
Gene wrote:
I have a friend who wants to get rid of a really big pleco. I was thinking of putting it in my 800 gal pond to control algae. My question is: is it possible to keep it in the pond during the winter or would it just die. I dont have a big enough tank for it in the house. I live in the southern part of Ohio. It is a tropical fish you get him below 50 degrees or so and he is a dead body. In an 800 gallon pond though it is small enough to catch him and overwinter him in a large heated enclosure. Perhaps a horse watering troof or other enclosure. If you want to go that way. Another option is take him feed him up during the summer and then sell him to a local indy pet store. Large Cichlid and Catfish owners would love to have a ready to roll bigger than the Oscar, Pleco to put in their 250 gal tank. -- JSin Lost Generation Custom Tattoo To reply Kill the idiot |
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Fortunately I do have the indoor space for the large pleco's that I harbor.
I keep two of them in my pond all summer and a friend keeps one in his pond. During the winter, I rotate the three of them between my 220, two 125's, 65, and 55 gallon tanks. It's a shame that the 'southern part of Ohio' isn't closer to the eastern panhandle of WV :-) gds Harpers Ferry, WV FOR SALE: 2002 Flagstaff Pop-up Camper http://ICanHelp56.homestead.com/Camper001.html "JSin" wrote in message ... Gene wrote: I have a friend who wants to get rid of a really big pleco. I was thinking of putting it in my 800 gal pond to control algae. My question is: is it possible to keep it in the pond during the winter or would it just die. I dont have a big enough tank for it in the house. I live in the southern part of Ohio. It is a tropical fish you get him below 50 degrees or so and he is a dead body. In an 800 gallon pond though it is small enough to catch him and overwinter him in a large heated enclosure. Perhaps a horse watering troof or other enclosure. If you want to go that way. Another option is take him feed him up during the summer and then sell him to a local indy pet store. Large Cichlid and Catfish owners would love to have a ready to roll bigger than the Oscar, Pleco to put in their 250 gal tank. -- JSin Lost Generation Custom Tattoo To reply Kill the idiot |
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In article , Gene writes:
I have a friend who wants to get rid of a really big pleco. I was thinking of putting it in my 800 gal pond to control algae. My question is: is it possible to keep it in the pond during the winter or would it just die. I'd love to keep plecos in the pond, but they won't survive the winter, and I haven't figured an effective way to catch them come fall. There are too many hiding places in my pond for them to escape to. John |
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I'm pretty sure it would die. Last year I brought in all the orandas and
catfish in my pond and kept them in a tank, but I, too, had a co-worker offer me a large pleco for my pond recently and I turned it down.... don't want to have to get a bigger indoor setup come winter. Sue "Gene" wrote in message ... I have a friend who wants to get rid of a really big pleco. I was thinking of putting it in my 800 gal pond to control algae. My question is: is it possible to keep it in the pond during the winter or would it just die. I dont have a big enough tank for it in the house. I live in the southern part of Ohio. |
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Gene wrote in message ...
I have a friend who wants to get rid of a really big pleco. I was thinking of putting it in my 800 gal pond to control algae. My question is: is it possible to keep it in the pond during the winter or would it just die. I dont have a big enough tank for it in the house. I live in the southern part of Ohio. Plecos die in ponds, they need a heated aquarium in the winter. Bonnie NJ |
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