Hello from Essex, England

[ChrisM]

Hello everyone,

My names Chris as you can tell, I've been a devoted fish keep
for just over a years now. I don't owned a Zebra pleco I just
love the look of them. I have a big community tank of 5 Sliver
shark, two striped talking cats, and 5 pleco's of various breeds
And 6 Tetra's.

I found out about the Zebra's by accident really, in my local
Fish shop I bought one for £30 or so I thought. I have just started
to get into fish remember When I got home to identify the fish
I had just bought I found out that is wasn't a Zabra it was a Leopard
Frog ... but since that day I have a slight obsession with them like most of you.

Thanks for reading my story if your still reading its a bit long winded I know sorry

Chris

[smithrc]

Welcome to the site.

If it puts you mind at ease - £30 for a leopard frog isnt bad

Dont you hate it when people try to call all sorts "zebra this" and "zebra that" just to make it sound more expensive!

[rich1988oxford]

Welcome

[John]

Welcome ChrisM

a striped talking cat ? what's that

[smithrc]

Welcome ChrisM

a striped talking cat ? what's that

Stripped Raphael

(Platydoras costatus)

[Plastic Mac]

Welcome Chris,

Always good to have another member from round my way lol

Plastic Mac

[rich1988oxford]

The talking cats get there name because, if you get them out of the water, or if there stressed, they start to make the wierdest croaking sound. I found that out when moving a particulary big specimin from tank to tank at work.
Extreamely wierd but very interesting, i suppose they think it may scare away predators if they get attacked.

[ChrisM]

Welcome to the site.

If it puts you mind at ease - £30 for a leopard frog isnt bad

Dont you hate it when people try to call all sorts "zebra this" and "zebra that" just to make it sound more expensive!

Thank u for the welcome Smithrc,..

Yes I found out that it was roughly that amount anyway I just saw
Imperial Zebra Pleco and my eye lit up when I saw how beautiful
the fish was.

Yes I have seen it so much,.. the funnest so far was the chocolate
zebra pleco on ebay a month ago !!!! some people.

Chris

[smithrc]

Chocolate zebra (L270) and columbian zebras (L129)
are actually legit common names - named long before the "zebra boom"

We've got a pair of leopard frogs too - very nice fish...
I'd recommend them as a zeb alternative to anyone that dosnt fancy dropping £1000 on a group of the real thing

[ChrisM]

Talking cat, I haven't personally heard then yet but both of mine are
still pretty young. They are nocturnal and very territorial.

Thanks again for the the warm welcome