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Offline briggsy

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great video of wild plecos,
« on: March 07, 2009, 10:38:25 PM »

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Re: great video of wild plecos,
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2009, 02:02:08 AM »
pretty good vid that never saw so many plecs lol  O0

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Re: great video of wild plecos,
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2009, 03:58:50 AM »
wow, didn't think they hung around in such numbers in the wild

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Re: great video of wild plecos,
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2009, 08:37:11 AM »
As impressive as this looks, this is actually a very saddening sight  :(  It's a great example of what an introduced species can do to an ecosystem not designed to handle it.  This is a river in southern Mexico that is almost completely denuded of other fish life due to Common Pleco's being released into it, probably from fish keepers who weren't prepared for the size they can get to. 

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Re: great video of wild plecos,
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2009, 08:40:14 AM »
ohhh crap  :(

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Re: great video of wild plecos,
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2009, 10:34:05 AM »
that sucks   >:(

so all them plecs are related  :o

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Re: great video of wild plecos,
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2009, 03:10:09 AM »
Yeah I've seen that video before and it was meant to show the problem the plecos were causing in that river. 

1 EBJD (Cichlasoma Octofasciatum)
1 Salvini Cichlid (Cichlasoma/Nandopsis Salvini)
1 Royal Pleco (Panaque Nigrolineatus)
4 Clown Loaches (Chromobotia Macracanthus)
6 Bleheri Rainbowfish (Chilatherina bleheri)
8 Boesmani Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia Boesemani)


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