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- From: pete@introl.com (Pete Ikusz)
- Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
- Subject: Re: [F] flying fox vs. pl*co
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 14:48:03 -0600
- Organization: Introl Corp.
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- Message-ID: <1jpmi3$s66@introl.introl.com>
- References: <1993Jan21.180025.2863@news.cs.brandeis.edu> <1993Jan21.224434.13939@bsu-ucs> <24686@alice.att.com>
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- In article <24686@alice.att.com> jj@alice.UUCP (jj, curmudgeon and all-around grouch) writes:
- >
- >My ancestrus, and my pekoltia are both less than 6" full grown,
- >the pecoltia a fat fat fat 3". They both love algae, eat it like
- >there's no tomorrow, and don't get any bigger because they're
- >full-grown. Now, they aren't plecos, or hypostamus species, just
- >suckermouth catfish that eat algae and look a lot like them, so you
- >aren't entirely off base here. Of course, a "Bristlenosed Pleco"
- >is an ancestrus, and a "dwarf pleco" can be a pekoltia in the
- >average pet store, too.
-
- I got lost somewhere in this paragraph. What is the difference
- between a ancestrus, pekolita, pleco, and or hypostamus specis?
- I do not have an Aquarium reference handy.
- Is there some sort of FAQ for this?!!! :-)
- If there isn't I think we now need one!
- -Pete
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- Pete Ikusz Introl Corporation pete@introl.com
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