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Is there a cold water plecos?

mwvtl;2321456;2321456 said:
Any one know of a cold water pleco?
If you do, please provide details of descriptions and cares. Thank you.
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YES THERE ARE SPECIFIC COLD WATER PLEOS

1. THE BUTTERFLY PLEC
2. THE PIT BULL PLEC
3. THE GOLDEN AND NORMAL SUCKING LOACHES CAN VERY EASILY CLIMATISED TO COLD WATER

THESE ARE THE ONLY THREE THAT I KNOW OF AT THIS CURRENT TIME BUT AM IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING ABOUT ALL PLECOS IN FULL DETAIL INSIDE AND OUT

HOPE THIS HELPS AND AM NOT TO LATE FOR YOU MAKING YOUR DESITION
 
I like thew term cool not cold, most can survive dips down in the 60's but I wouldn't let it go below that.
 
Well so be it but I''ll never put any of my expensive plecos in cold or cool water as they are tropical just like the Amazon River.
 
Allan01230;4594967; said:
Well so be it but I''ll never put any of my expensive plecos in cold or cool water as they are tropical just like the Amazon River.
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No of course not...because if they are from the Amazon basin then it means they are from the tropical areas of South America....but Uruguay & Argentina & Rio Grande Do Sul in Brasil are subtropical...which means that even if they are expensive or not, they will not like tropical temps at all....so ...it's important to know the origin of them!
 
We have common plecos here in Houston area everywhere i caught a few last year in a small stream that sometimes completely dries up in the summer, and it gets pretty cold still here in the winter, I am amazed at how they can survive, I have heard of a pleco living out of water for almost a week. .
 
Hillstream loaches are a coldwater species of fish all the way. Not a true pleco, but they fill the same niche in a tank.
 
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