Oh gawd .. I'm getting really rather fond of my sucky-fish

[Twiglett]

he swims up to me when I swivel the gravel

he keeps trying to knock the air bubble Spongebob thing over by tunnelling under it

he wiggles up the glass and slips off then goes and hides behind a plant in a sort of mortified way

he a funny fish .. I'm really rather enamoured

What is he?

I dunno .. he's a small brown sucky fish

sounds like a loach maybe?

Does he have a name?

yes he's called 'sucky-fish'

and I lurve him

Is he a placostamus (sp?) - does he look a bit like the 'bishop' chess peice when stuck to the glass?

If so, i love them too!

oo yes .. that's him he's funny fish

Stroo pats herself on the back!

They can grow huge - a friend had one called Jeff that he kept in a big tank on his own - he's about 8 inches long now!

oh don't tell me that he's in a small tank with guppies and minnows .. he's about 3 inches long atm .. I would like him to stay that size

Don't worry - they only grow as big as the tank will allow!

They are natures hoovers and very sweet!

my granny had one of these for years, he got quite big,

he was lovely too

I want a sucky-fish. Do they like living with goldfish? I want one now.

(You didn't kill them then Twig )!

I had one of those when I was a kid in my dads aquarium! He was huge when he died.
I think he was just under a foot at the end. When I have the money, I will be getting another!

I ment a foot in length. my dad did have a massive tank!

I believe they do live with goldfish

but as I have now owned fish for a week .. and they went straight in an un-cycled aquarium I am the last person to ask

they are all still very much alive .. I am changing 10-15% water every day and 50% once a week for a couple of weeks so hopefully they'll be ok

I don't care if they all die as long as sucky-fish lives tbh

i have a suckyfish too, they are fab fish. Mine is about 7ins long now

no. it's a mith that fish only grow as big as the tank will allow. dh now somewhat of a guru on these matters as has huuuuge aquarium in lounge.. but if he's only little then it will take time for him to grow...

Air bubble Spongebob???!!!!

My ds would love that. We only have a little Spongebob in our aquarium and were going to try and get a Gary to keep him company but didn't know you could get an air bubble one .

Oh and we also have a sucky fish. A mad thing that zooms up and down the glass for no reason and then goes and hides for hours so that I start worrying he is dead or trapped or something. I found him wedged behind the filter the other day and feared the worst but he was just teasing .

do I honestly go in and ask for a sucky fish or does it have a proper name... like George or something

Surely your son would know the real name of a sucky-fish! Although I like the sound of a Gary - whats one of those or is that his name?

{note to self - read whole thread and not just every other word) Gary is something in Spongebob isn't it? I'd still like one to keep me company!

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I'd love a Gary to keep me company.

ooh Maureen.....

its a Plecostomus or a Pleco, but ours is called suckyfish

Just read the thread properly, it's a Plecostomus. I think sucky-fish is better. Gary the sucky-fish.

Stop it!