Plecostomus

One of my favorite fish, the Plecostomus are really cool. They tenaciously eat algae. One big pleco will keep a six foot tank crystal clean. My 120 was brown and green throughout. In just one night my new pleco made the tank look like I had a tank cleaning service over. For the best care, you should keep them in a tank with bright lighting to encourage algae growth, but you should also have some shade for them to hide in. Also feed them pellets as algae sometimes cant keep up with their appetite. Plecostomus are very expensive because they are almost impossible to breed in captivity. Most fish stores have the common placo which are not very impressive to look at but also not too pricey. If you search around or go to a site like www.riverwonders.com you can pick out an exotic looking one and their prices are not bad at all.