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From: greg@ncrcan.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.pets
Subject: Re: Tank Filtration
Message-ID: <528@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM>
Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 12:33:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  1 12:33:00 1987
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In article <1097@inuxd.UUCP> padgett@inuxd.UUCP writes:

>Also my plants are suddenly disappearing. I have several varieties of
>Tetras, platys, paleatus catfish, two varieties of gouramis (flame and
>kissing), and an ever-enlarging plecostomus. I suspect the
>plecomostomus. Any coments?

	This is probably your best bet.  I have a 13 inch "pleco" in my
	tank and it eats a fair number of plants.  I've tried to discourage
	the pleco from eating plants by feeding him more and putting
	grow lights on top of the tank in order to produce more algae.

	Nothing I do seems to stop him from eating his leafy greens!


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