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Amazon_Replica · 11-28-2007, 06:39 PM

He He I can't beat the bee either. I HAD Hornwort in my 125 as I have alot of shrimp in there, and they love to forage in it. But it was driving me insane, grows like psycho. So i grabbed the big bad clump out of there, approx 2-3 lbs. and roughly 20"x20". I checked it thoroughly for shrimp, and tossed it into my 55gal. Which only has a 14" Pleco in there.

Long story short, about a week later I went to look at the pleco, and he was on his back, upside down under a rock, not moving. Not that they move alot in light, but he wasn't moving his mouth, in fact his mouth wasn't suctioned to the rock. I was like oh no, the hornwort killed my pleco, and I was on my knees staring at the pleco, and a skirt tetra swims past and im like wtf, i had skirt tetras in the 125 like a year ago and thought they had all died, ( i got suckered into buying a bichir, yea they're friendly).

The pleco isn't dead just lazy and now has a little friend. I will have to get a few more skirts now for his company but i thought that was cool.

11-28-2007, 06:39 PM	#14 (permalink)
Amazon_Replica Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA Posts: 180 iTrader Ratings: 2 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 16550	Re: What is your best "hiding fish" story? He He I can't beat the bee either. I HAD Hornwort in my 125 as I have alot of shrimp in there, and they love to forage in it. But it was driving me insane, grows like psycho. So i grabbed the big bad clump out of there, approx 2-3 lbs. and roughly 20"x20". I checked it thoroughly for shrimp, and tossed it into my 55gal. Which only has a 14" Pleco in there. Long story short, about a week later I went to look at the pleco, and he was on his back, upside down under a rock, not moving. Not that they move alot in light, but he wasn't moving his mouth, in fact his mouth wasn't suctioned to the rock. I was like oh no, the hornwort killed my pleco, and I was on my knees staring at the pleco, and a skirt tetra swims past and im like wtf, i had skirt tetras in the 125 like a year ago and thought they had all died, ( i got suckered into buying a bichir, yea they're friendly). The pleco isn't dead just lazy and now has a little friend. I will have to get a few more skirts now for his company but i thought that was cool.