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  1. eco - tech

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    Hey I'm looking for a large pair of algae eaters for my dads fish pond. Early fathers day present Between 20 - 30cm
     
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    hey hopefully some of the members will have extra pleco for sale, i my self just got a 25cm long fin pleco for R250 at my LPS. did a trade on some of my small cichlids. good luck

    have a couple of LPS in jhb with that size plecos at good prices.
     
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    Will be a mission to get them to port shepstone
     
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    A pond, is it going to be heated at least.
    They wont last the winter outside..
     
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    I knew a guy that kept Koi and plec's in his pond in dbn, they lived quite happily in the unheated pool
     
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    Isn't durban still warm in winter?
     
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    Yup quite warm deeper parts of the pond is cooler otherwise between 23 - 26 deg in winter
     
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    If the minimum temp is 23C a pleco would be fine.


    I have one but I'm trading him for some guppys as he poops to much in my tanks.
    Its not the bio-load that bothers me its the poo strings.
     
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