http://www.infotube.net/blog/2009/09/pleco-fish-eat-algae-in-abandoned-swimming-pools.html The InfoTube.net Real Estate Blog gives you an insider look at selling and buying homes for sale. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:01:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.infotube.net/blog/2009/09/pleco-fish-eat-algae-in-abandoned-swimming-pools.html/comment-page-1#comment-1077 James Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:58:01 +0000 http://www.infotube.net/blog/?p=925#comment-1077 Well, if there is algae, there likely isn't chlorine in the pool. Hence the reason the plecos are needed. Put the fish in, and you don't have to spend "thousands of dollars in upkeep" chlorinating and otherwise chemically treating the water. Plus, they don't really die that easily. I've had mine for only a little over two months and it has tripled in size. Well, if there is algae, there likely isn’t chlorine in the pool. Hence the reason the plecos are needed. Put the fish in, and you don’t have to spend “thousands of dollars in upkeep” chlorinating and otherwise chemically treating the water. Plus, they don’t really die that easily. I’ve had mine for only a little over two months and it has tripled in size.

]]> http://www.infotube.net/blog/2009/09/pleco-fish-eat-algae-in-abandoned-swimming-pools.html/comment-page-1#comment-1049 nathan Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:13:54 +0000 http://www.infotube.net/blog/?p=925#comment-1049 they wouldn't last long in chlorine waters as dense as a swimming pool!! maybe don't put the chlorine in while they are in?!? they are very sensitive fish and die fairly easy. they wouldn’t last long in chlorine waters as dense as a swimming pool!! maybe don’t put the chlorine in while they are in?!? they are very sensitive fish and die fairly easy.

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