How do sucker fish work?

[eeboater]

I know that is not their real name... but are there any fish experts in here? We have a 70 gallon freshwater tank in our office and in it has a sucker fish - one of those fish that sucks to the window and does whatever they do...<br /><br />Do they clean the surface they're attached to? Or are they filtering the water?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Sean

 

[Bondo]

Re: How do sucker fish work?

They're consuming the Algae from the Glass........<br /><br />It would No Doubt,.. Grow like Crazy in My Fishtank,........ <br /><br />If the Sunfish didn't Kill it 1st.......

 

[eeboater]

Re: How do sucker fish work?

Thats whats weird, the one we have hasn't moved in about 2 weeks - how's it still alive?!

 

[Bondo]

Re: How do sucker fish work?

Donno,......... Maybe it's Hibernating,..... It IS Winter you know.......

 

[QC]

Re: How do sucker fish work?

It's obvious he is working by the hour . . .

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: How do sucker fish work?

Works for the state, that's how they move here in Kentucky.

 

[ZooMbr]

Re: How do sucker fish work?

ee depending on the fish you have, most are nocturnal. I used to have at least 2 in each tank; keep the glass, rocks, and plants (artificial) clean. Some like hiding places, rock pile or caves etc for the day. If dead I think it would fall off the side.

 

[ZmOz]

Re: How do sucker fish work?

I used to have a 10 gallon tank with one of those things, it grew to over 9" long in a 10 gallon tank before it died! There was never any algea either. I thought it was dead several times before it finally died...it wouldn't move for days, then you touch it and it would fall off the glass and lay on the bottom. Went to scoop it out and it swam away...

 

[moderator1]

Re: How do sucker fish work?

Plicostomus is the name of that family...and yes, they eat mainly at night because algea blooms in light and dies without it..natural light, that is.<br />They prefer the slowly dying algea over the actively growing for some reason.

 

[treedancer]

Re: How do sucker fish work?

They prefer the slowly dying algea over the actively growing for some reason. Easier to catch.

 

[Bondo]

Re: How do sucker fish work?

Hey,...... Treehugger,........<br /><br />You're Supposed to paste the quote,.. Inside the tags................

 

[treedancer]

Re: How do sucker fish work?

Boy oboy missed that one by a mile didn’t I ?<br /><br /> I guess me and **** better not go quail hunting any more.

 

[CN Spots]

Re: How do sucker fish work?

I got a new one the other day. I get one when the tank gets bad so they can eat the algae of the glass. Soon after, my cichlid eats them off the glass. <br /><br />spots

 

[TexomaAv8r]

Re: How do sucker fish work?

Sucker Fish! Be carefull..not what you might first suspect by their name