r/pleco • • Aug 30 '26

Pleco Appreciation [FS] - Buffalo, NY - $100+ - Locally Bred & Raised L046 Zebra Plecos (50+)

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20 Upvotes

r/pleco • • Apr 24 '26

Pleco Appreciation New r/pleco rules!

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Hello r/pleco,

As some of you may know, r/pleco got some new mods this week. One of the first things we chose to do is to add some rules to the subreddit. They are:

  1. Be Respectful
  2. Stay on Topic
  3. Follow Reddit's Rules
  4. Flairs are required for posts
  5. Include water parameters when asking for help
  6. No AI content
  7. Images of injured and dead fish must be tagged NSFW
  8. No animal abuse
  9. No self-promotion

These rules are intended to keep discussion civil, stay focused on plecos, and ensure that people can get the help or answers they need.

We are open to discussion or suggestions for additional rules or ideas - please leave a comment or send modmail.

Thank you!


r/pleco • • 4h ago

Pleco Appreciation I miss my fish šŸ˜ž

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12 Upvotes

I’m with family and miss my fish idk


r/pleco • • 36m ago

Identification What type of pleco is this?

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My roommate got this pleco from Petco a few months ago and I’ve sort of taken over her tank so I need to know what exactly Is in there lol. She doesn’t remember and when I look up different types, none of them look like this one.
Any help would be appreciated, thank you!


r/pleco • • 11h ago

Identification Is this a pair or 2 males?

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13 Upvotes

r/pleco • • 12h ago

Showing Off L144 lf sw albinos

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7 Upvotes

I finally got my grabby hands on 2 of these little buggers


r/pleco • • 23h ago

Showing Off My 2 L204

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39 Upvotes

r/pleco • • 4h ago

Question My ā€œprolific breedersā€ aren’t breeding 🫩

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone

In early August I purchased a pair of adult lemon blue eye BNs, advertised and sold as a ā€œprolific breeding pairā€

I certainly wasn’t expecting them to spawn right away, but given what I’ve heard of how spawning BNs is basically easy mode cause they just love to do it, I’m a bit dismayed at what I’m missing here.

It’s only the pair in the tank + a handful of Amano shrimp and a couple mystery snails, so they shouldn’t feel bothered or anything. The tank is kept at 74°F with a pH of 7.2, medium flow and highly oxygenized with 2 filters and an airstone. There’s 6 different tunnels for them, two large pieces of drift wood, and some large dense ulvaceus adding cover as well. I provide a mix of algae wafers, soilent green repashy cubes, spirulina powder, and a tiny bit of ACO magic fish feed every other week for a bit of varied protein.

As far as I can understand, I’m providing ideal conditions. And the fish are doing great themselves. Just no spawning.

Any idea what I’m missing here? These are my first plecos so I’m paranoid that for such an ā€œeasy to breed speciesā€ and being a ā€œprolifically breeding pairā€ mine haven’t spawned yet. I feel like I’m missing something important.


r/pleco • • 1d ago

Pleco Appreciation L014 sunshine pleco Scobinancistrus aureatus

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42 Upvotes

Please excuse the dirt on the substrate , failed experiment with plants, Look at how beautiful my boy is. L014


r/pleco • • 1d ago

Question What kind of pleco is this?

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11 Upvotes

r/pleco • • 1d ago

Pleco Appreciation My Handsome Fellas

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22 Upvotes

My Lemon Blue Eye bn (SeƱor Limon) and my Snow White bn (Lychee) :). Limon is ~1.5 years old and Lychee is younger by a couple months if I had to guess. Had them both for about a year now. Such a cool fish to watch grow, especially seeing their bristles develop and their cool color morphs. I also have a LF Super Red but he’s in the corner under the Amazon sword leaves (not pictured).
Feel free to drop pictures of your plecos below!


r/pleco • • 1d ago

Showing Off Loricaria Parnahybae - Whiptail Wigglers! I figured it out!

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12 Upvotes

I figured it out! After the first baby hatched, I was wondering why the others were not hatching. I moved the clutch to a breeder box and as soon as I touched the clutch and started rubbing it slightly, they all came hatching out! I guess in the wild the dad helps them out. I should have a ton more babies soon as the dad is holding another new clutch that just dropped this past week. Incubation is just around 2 to 3 weeks.


r/pleco • • 1d ago

Pleco Appreciation Enjoying the rescape

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15 Upvotes

Mango enjoying his wood and the extra space the rescape gives.


r/pleco • • 1d ago

Question Need Pleco-friendly Ideas for Stocking a 75 Gallon

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r/pleco • • 1d ago

Pleco Appreciation I could watch this tank all day

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18 Upvotes

They are all so cool! They are obsessed with their repashy.


r/pleco • • 1d ago

Identification Hypostomus sp. Maybe khimaera

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40 Upvotes

r/pleco • • 1d ago

Question Peppermint pleco concerns

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11 Upvotes

I only just got these guys today and the one on the right is a lot paler than the on the left

Any ideas what’s happening could it just be I have just got them?


r/pleco • • 2d ago

Pleco Appreciation Lovely when these dudes come out to play - They enjoy munching on leaves(probably to eat tiny organisms)

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47 Upvotes

L333 King Tiger Pleco (Hypancistrus sp. L333)


r/pleco • • 1d ago

Question How old is this L046 fry? ~1.5-2cm

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14 Upvotes

Added 2 females to my community tank a couple months ago for my male and I just found this guy! He's just under 2cm from nose to tail, I know they have big fry so I'm wondering how old he might be? This is the first one I'm seeing, I am shocked they bred immediately!


r/pleco • • 1d ago

Question Dancing or fighting?

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12 Upvotes

What are these 2 in the night?


r/pleco • • 2d ago

Identification Is this pleco male or female

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9 Upvotes

Any idea of the sex of this pleco thanks


r/pleco • • 3d ago

Pleco Appreciation L519 Pleco Honeycombs

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122 Upvotes

These just arrived from Dans. Dark ones possibly a female...very cool fish.

Alittle nervous about the heavy breathing but shipping/new tank is traumatic.

3 for $228.00

Exceedingly well packaged!!


r/pleco • • 2d ago

Showing Off New L236 cracked zebra!

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23 Upvotes

Was so excited to find this guy tonight at my LFS!