Some say he's still down there to this day, trying to catch plecos by hand

@obs_vicc4145

5 жыл бұрын

Christopher Cox 😆😆😂😂

@gargwinvinesnake6961

5 жыл бұрын

Yea seemed like a fishy strategy to me.

@AllosaurusJP3

5 жыл бұрын

ever tried catching one of these in your fish tank? i don't think he ever comes back with one...

@crashcourse1580

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@justinwillis78

5 жыл бұрын

Christopher Cox - man stop!!! 😂🤣😂

I bought one in 1996 and put it in a 55 gallon fish tank. It is 2021 and the MF'er is STILL alive and the only reason I have the damn tank is because he is the only fish left in it.

@Juno_Kujo

3 жыл бұрын

wow lol, they are hardy fish

@ufos22

3 жыл бұрын

I bought everything to make a tarp to catch baby placos, (S. Florida) but $2 each at the local flee market was easier

@brianroberts5740

3 жыл бұрын

I can actually understand that. I put a little 3" placo in one of our 55 gallon Cichlid tanks. I forgot about it for probably about a year. My Cichlids were doing great!!! From Petsmart, I paid like $ 4 to maybe $7 for a nice one. One day I couldn't find my Johanni. He didn't come to breakfast with the others. I have some pretty large flat rocks and lots of hiding places. I started removing some pieces and that Pleco shot out from under a rock and was HUGE!!! He had grown almost a foot in length. He was a BEAST!!! Ended up trading it for some zoanthid colonies. Was happy.

@innerpeacefindings671

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome story

@PastelStudios

3 жыл бұрын

damn the fish is older than me lmao.

I can't even catch the pleco in my aquarium, no idea how this guy is gonna grab them by hand.

@kgmc29

4 жыл бұрын

NuclearTOILET why the **** are u goin to grab him like a toy

@wimpytheory8053

4 жыл бұрын

He's a live animal

@sleepy_dino8731

4 жыл бұрын

NuclearTOILET maybe just trying to take him out of the tank🤷‍♀️

@chasethesun5603

4 жыл бұрын

I trained mine to be okay with my touch, and I have to keep up with this because he's easily spooked. He looks forward to his daily pets, but if anyone else tries to touch him, he knows the difference and lets them know otherwise. But, wild plecos, they're strong and armored, there's no way to catch them without a net

@Cat-di9lg

3 жыл бұрын

@@sleepy_dino8731 If they have to be moved like for a tank redo, leakage, or to another tank not being able to get them can cause damage to the fish, and others around it. When I moved mine to a bigger tank he swam into my turtle, got part of his fin bit off, and my turtle ran into the glass. With most fish you can use a net, but nets are dangerous for them, and it's just easier to grab them and get them where they gotta be.

0:32 Look at all those chickens

"Divers are attempting to contain these fish." *contains zero fish

@iloveowls90

5 жыл бұрын

R M uh are you watching the video? It’s there!

@radioactiveweenie7026

5 жыл бұрын

R M that's why it's called and "attempt"

@stevenmccann2891

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

The lake is under stocked you could fit at least 12 more Plecos.

@lizzybizzy771

5 жыл бұрын

cr0wnTHEwitch 😂😂😂

@NoName-oy2km

5 жыл бұрын

Too funny....Every video post containing fish and water....there's always that one person who just has to comment ...

@dash3226

4 жыл бұрын

cr0wnTHEwitch underrated this needs more likes lmao

@aureumrose

4 жыл бұрын

Throw a few bettas in there and maybe it will be enough

@ethansexotics616

4 жыл бұрын

@@aureumrose don't forget the good old goldfish to go with it.

In The Caribbean we in Trinidad and Tobago use them as food ,catch clean like any other fish and rub them against a rock till they turn white because they have an armor .Then put some oil,curry seasoning like onions ,garlic ,pepper and curry them with rice or dumplings,they must be well washed with lime or lemon first they taste great .

@physetermacrocephalus2209

3 жыл бұрын

This is the solution. Thank you for sharing

@prefersoxygen9373

3 жыл бұрын

Damian! Go to blue spring and catch all you want! Then, we have a huge feast for the poor and impoverished, bring some friends too!

@persepolis80

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing too! I wonder how they taste?

@chewbacca4778

3 жыл бұрын

Guyanese eat them, too. I see them in the market all the time. I couldn't; I find them unappealing.

Hey friendly reminder that you shouldnt buy any animal, even a goldfish, without doing your research 🙃 They may need more space and care than you think

@madisondameron142

3 жыл бұрын

@@youtubeenjoyer-pf3tu I know, and a lot of people put them in fishbowls 😭

@user-lw4vi4oy2d

3 жыл бұрын

Let's not forget about betta and neon tetra which are bought like rice and usually aren't valued that much higher either

@madisondameron142

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-lw4vi4oy2d Agreed. Hermit crabs are also a serious issue. There are so many animals out there being neglected it hurts my heart. All it takes is one google search

@madtabby66

3 жыл бұрын

You also shouldn't toss them out!

@truthless8261

3 жыл бұрын

the major fish store close to me sold 2 of these to a family member to clean a 75...im tired of fish stores that sell giant fish as just "community" fish. its bs. common pleco, redtail catfish, bala sharks. its stupid, and this video is a result of stores selling something that should be a order only fish.

20,000 pleco’s 11 failed attempts to catch 1 by hand That is indeed an uphill battle 😆

@NoName-oy2km

5 жыл бұрын

I know rite....you would think a change of strategy is the obvious option.....

@jesjeet13

4 жыл бұрын

I would just set a net and spook them into it as they swim in herds. I bet in a few days all of them will be gone.

@chrislahay7086

4 жыл бұрын

@@jesjeet13 forreal, would have all them things gone if I was down there, and allowed to do so;)

@lukeclarke8054

3 жыл бұрын

I see what you did.

@seanmorgan8128

3 жыл бұрын

maybe a net?

Shit. Supply me with beer, and a no limit fishing lisence. Might a take few days, but I'll get em out for ya. I wont eat em, but man I like fishing, and beer.

@gerardotorres5656

5 жыл бұрын

Matt Storie youre a true American

@cadena06

5 жыл бұрын

Sign me up bud, we will make the dream team, I'll take my spear and it's on!!!! Maybe a couple of m 80s

@ephraimcampos5232

4 жыл бұрын

I love fishing and high potency weed

@claredockerty9382

4 жыл бұрын

They eat algy

@christiandeininger1790

4 жыл бұрын

I'll bring a drag net and compost them for my garden

Don’t talk about my family like that

Legend say the guy still catching those fish by hand

Yup, those are common pleco. They're a native species here in Brazil. My advice, fish them using line and hook or arpoon, since they're bottom dwellers a net won't work, but a fish trap with vegetables inside might work well. You can eat them, the meat is good, so encouraging ppl to fish them would be a start to fight the invasion.

@robkit6681

5 жыл бұрын

They taste like shit

@zj1710

5 жыл бұрын

Can we cook them and feed to pigs?

@Amatersuful

5 жыл бұрын

or use them to catch lobster

@kewlztertc5386

5 жыл бұрын

@Tedy Umyoks Are you so young, that you can't understand preparation? I've had chicken that tasted awful, should I have written off all chicken? This is a type of Catfish, have you ever had "Blackened Catfish", or some Catfish Nuggets? Regular catfish isn't good if you wrap it in foil and bake it with lemon 🍋, it's not that kind of fish. You need to cornmeal batter it.

@kewlztertc5386

5 жыл бұрын

@Tedy Umyoks LOL, I'm not the one. But you were 6 years old? Kids find many things distasteful. I wonder why you bothered commenting. Do you proclaim your disgust for Broccoli, lima beans, or anything other than Pizza, ice cream, Sugary cereals and soda?

I agree with whoever said to pay 50 cents for each one caught.

Sounds like the makings of an annual cat fish fry festival to me.

I live about 15 minutes from Blue Spring and I have seen those plecos in the spring.

@stonyxpress7079

3 жыл бұрын

Are u allowed to catch some urself? Dang,u culd make $ ,they n demand for lge ones?

Give people 50 cents for every pleco they catch they will extinct within a week

@Felix-fr8ze

5 жыл бұрын

someone will feed them for more

@chekhovsgun7729

5 жыл бұрын

A government tried something like that somewhere in the East, but for invasive snakes instead. People just started breeding the snakes for quick cash. When the government caught wind and stopped the reward, people just released all the bred snakes, doubling the snake population.

@rubrawolf

4 жыл бұрын

India, and it was with cobras. not invasive, but a nuisance to villages.

@gardenpondfishgreenhouse573

4 жыл бұрын

@@chekhovsgun7729 nobody would breed these for 50 cents or a buck, cost to much to feed and raise , catch , transport.

@Jeoni22

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

Last time I was at Blue Springs, the park ranger told me they had recently caught around 600 plecos in one day.

@austinfishing3691

4 жыл бұрын

They only eat algey

@austinfishing3691

4 жыл бұрын

Mostly

@austinfishing3691

4 жыл бұрын

I didn’t mean to comment

@Iookitstony

4 жыл бұрын

@@austinfishing3691 Haha. Too late. Everything you said will be used against you in the court of public opinion.

@ChuckD59

3 жыл бұрын

@@austinfishing3691 I've had two "standard" plecos for around ten years and that's true, but one of mine has learned to wait for the food for the other fish and will start running his sucker along the surface for snacks.

There's this thing called a "net"...

@buzzerking

3 жыл бұрын

They know. This diving sequence is for our benefit to see how big these guys get.

@sarahmericle8276

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but try emptying the net of those fish. Armored generally means spikey in fish

@matambale

3 жыл бұрын

@@sarahmericle8276 I have, many times. It's a pain.

They're in the San Marcos river in San Marcos as well. Cool river in central Texas with fast flowing crystal clear water. Lot of endangered species in it that live only in that river system. Not sure if the plecos are that prevalent in it though. I've snorkeled there and have seen some huge ones.

We had this problem in a local lake, people just started taking them out with nets, drying them and using them as plant fertilizer

@viiiderekae

5 жыл бұрын

Cool they do that with tilapia here

@beautifuldurian

5 жыл бұрын

vinod kumar Tilapia is tasty fish. Can fry them or steam. Both taste nice. If found in pond, they have muddy smell so use ginger or spices to kill the smell.

@user-tz9jh6pv2j

2 жыл бұрын

@@beautifuldurian yeah i wish i had invasive tilapia in my area. steam em up and get some chili sauce on it. delicious

@fakenewslarry4599

2 жыл бұрын

Rude

@praddzzz

Жыл бұрын

They survive out of water for few days know?

I have grown up in this area and have gone to blue springs my entire life. I often snorkel with these giant schools of pleco. They have no natural predators and are multiplying at an exponential rate. I have seen this phenomenon at almost every spring I have been to in Florida - they have completely invaded Ocala national forest which has many many springs like blue springs. I have also seen schools of giant pacu and several species of cichlids in these waters - it’s heartbreaking

@nautilus2612

5 жыл бұрын

@SDD525 Natural selection applies to animals who have to deal with harsh environments. These plecos have no predators so no selection takes place, they just multiply until the whole biome is ruined.

@lefmankan

5 жыл бұрын

@@nautilus2612 Natural selection applies to every single organism. Whether they have natural predators or not.

@nautilus2612

5 жыл бұрын

@@lefmankan Of course, but mortality is what triggers it. If these fish aren't getting killed, they aren't going to change, just increase and increase. This is how animals like the nautilus or the coelacanth remained unchanged for millions of years.

@nautilus2612

5 жыл бұрын

@SDD525 What happens to the plecostomus population is irrelevant after the biome where they've been introduced is wrecked beyond repair, and the complete depletion of nutrients and vegetable matter is more likely to induce mass extinction than mutation anyway. When a natural habitat is threatened by an alien species your concern should be the protection of the habitat, not the pest. Reconsider your priorities. As for coelacanths evolving, how many millions of years ago did the event you're hinting at happened? Because the prehistoric fossils that have been found are pretty much identical to the currently existing specimen.

@bryanjordan8876

5 жыл бұрын

@SDD525 waiting long enough for the resources to become limited is super detrimental to the ecosystem and the species that live there, though. Sure, they will eventually wipe themselves out, along with literally everything else that is competing with them and everything they are thriving off of.

All the OG Pokémon peeps have “gotta catch em all” playing in their head. At least I do 😆

@DIOBrando-ur5we

3 жыл бұрын

Girl you look beautiful

It's looking like the fish we have on Brasil, very popular we call cascudo and delicius meat fish and I like make a dish called moqueca witch is fish stew!

@repticare101

3 жыл бұрын

they are the same fish. invasive species are those devices from an external source. plecos are from south america

I believe I’ve just watched Steve Poland’s next viral video!! Well done my friend, what a great way to raise awareness!!!

@StevePolandAquatics

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks John. This is something that everyone in the hobby needs to be aware of.

@sassilou

5 жыл бұрын

Omg 😲 theres so many of them...

@AG.Floats

5 жыл бұрын

Lol.

@whatcanieat3327

5 жыл бұрын

We need to find the fish that can eat this fish. Steve Poland Aquatics

@serval_fpv

5 жыл бұрын

Bullshit hes just stole someones video and talked over the top of it !!

Those big ones can be sold 50$ each

@Bruhman3

5 жыл бұрын

Size don't matter

@tamaraschmidt7231

5 жыл бұрын

I'll buy one.

@maggiep9007

5 жыл бұрын

@@Bruhman3 You heard it here first, everyone.

5 жыл бұрын

Pfft! You can't even give them away.

@420homelands

5 жыл бұрын

What planet do those big ones go for $50? You can’t even give them away at that size

I started going to this spring back in the late 70s. You never saw one of these fish until about 20 years ago, after that they started multiplying like crazy. It was heartbreaking to see them completely take over

@Charmander009

3 жыл бұрын

They r disgusting

Kind of rolling my eyes at all the people going "well we should just fish them until they are all gone!" As if no one has ever thought of that and they are being super clever. We wouldnt have any invasive species if getting rid of them was that simple.

That is an INSANE number of Plecos 😨😨😨

Legend has it, that man is still in those waters chasing Plecos...not yet caught a single one....

I lived in the Amazon for 6 months and, in my experience, armored algae eaters like this were among the very tastiest fish I encountered. Would definitely recommend having them in stew or grilled in their shell. Get eating!!

I need to go there and get some for my 520-gallon tank project, those are probably titan plecos or maybe royal plecos idk for sure tho.

@marnickshobby4465

3 жыл бұрын

These are hypostumos plecostumos if im right, if These where titan pleco's or royals everyone would try to collect them.

I collected thousands of plecos from South Florida canals over the years..sold each one for between $5 (wholesale) and $25 (retail) very easy to catch in clear water with snorkel gear and a net. In only 3 to 4 hours, I typically would catch 20 to 30 every time..then a quick 15 minute drive to sell them at local fish farm/koi pond business. I'm amazed more people aren't doing it. The $$ was good, great exercise, enjoyable, no boss, and get paid in cash tax free !

@nautilus2612

5 жыл бұрын

You should try to cook them too, catfish is delicious

@Bruhman3

5 жыл бұрын

😱

@voluntaryismistheanswer

5 жыл бұрын

You snorkel in Florida canals? 😮

Florida should start a pet food and fertilizer business. Dog, fish, reptile and cat foods based with invasive animals such as pleco catfish and python snakes. This would generate money as well as get the public involved in the capture if a payment plan was established.

@96corollawithjustkindofaba73

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome idea

@grass_snake80

5 жыл бұрын

problem is wild animals are usually full of so many parasites its too much work for not enough reward to process them into something safe for pet food

@Sg-bg7xp

5 жыл бұрын

@@grass_snake80 the idea isnt really for profit though it would be nice. The main focus would be conservation. So im sure a profit margin would be low if any. But it would generate enough income to keep the program going. And the end product dosnt have to be for american pets. May be to hard to hit fda standards. But would be fine for south American or asian standards. Fertilizers would be a lot easier to standardize.

@toxic1698

5 жыл бұрын

@@grass_snake80 I believe most pet foods are cooked to an extent.

@nautilus2612

5 жыл бұрын

@@grass_snake80 This is why we cook our food.

I was there, diving, a few years ago, fantastic location, did not see one single Pleco, darn that hurts to see this place ruined like this, it is impossible to solve, no matter how good and effective you think you could create nets and traps, you still overlook at least a few, and then bingo, back in trouble a few years later

Cool aquarium Bro!

Steve thank you so much for making this video! I'm going to pass it along to some of my colleagues who talk about invasive species.

@StevePolandAquatics

5 жыл бұрын

No problem. Thanks Jason.

They should have all the flordia fisherman have a throwing net competition to see who can bag most plecos by weight.

@Bruhman3

5 жыл бұрын

They'll let my family back won't they?

@GingerAle4Life

5 жыл бұрын

Best solution I've read so far

I've been dying to visit this place, beautiful area..

In my area this fish is called sucker(as it sucks dirt out of aquarium wall). This fish is now present in almost all canals in my area like The lake you mentioned. Is there any way to make a change? Because all the native fish like snakehead are getting extinct.

Watching you try to catch one and failing every time was the most unsatisfying thing I’ve ever seen in my life. It hurts.

@janeking8065

3 жыл бұрын

Fabio Fricati Plecos are invasive and can damage the environment.They are actually trying to do good for the environment by catching the plecos.

@jameskoch7190

3 жыл бұрын

Well Honey you have never met me, but give me time.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤪

@Noname-613

3 жыл бұрын

@@janeking8065 it’s not like the fish are doing it in purpose. Another good example of ‘human intervention’

@iprincemajestic2.0

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

In the Amazon, there are some chefs who have learned to use the Pleco's eggs as a delicious substitute for Caviar. Maybe the solution is to create a market for the product and farm them to keep their numbers in check or exterminate them. If we can't beat them, Eat them.

@maain9474

4 жыл бұрын

And people still harvest sturgeon for their caviar, when there is already a plentiful invasive alternative available.

@pauldefazio3480

3 жыл бұрын

I've got some iguana meat I'd like to sell you

@timothy4011

3 жыл бұрын

Maain Alternative? Based off of what? What some guy just said on KZread? You clowns 🤡 would believe anything

i have been there and seen them, there is some really good fishing just outside the river enterance

Thank you for making this known

Wow. I didn't know they were overpopulating like that! That was nuts! Those manatees don't stand a chance.

@oohhehee8967

5 жыл бұрын

introduce otters in the spring

@destroier920

5 жыл бұрын

@@oohhehee8967 And the you discover that otters either don't eat these fish or that when they exterminate these fish that they start preying on othe species and devastate their numbers. You can't fight one invasive species with another, it never ends well, e.g. cane toads in Australia, mongoose in Hawaii etc.

@freelo5127

5 жыл бұрын

@@destroier920 I'm pretty sure otters are native here in florida. i mean ive seen em in the wild here and there. dunno could be wrong though.

@H4Carson

5 жыл бұрын

@@destroier920 otters already live in FL springs

@destroier920

5 жыл бұрын

​ FREELO @@H4Carson Not from Florida, so I didn't know that otters were indigenous, but then they obviously don't leave an impact on the population of this fish species. Edit: Also I was just being more general concerning the idea of introducing a new species to curb an existing invasive species. If you could utilise a native species without causing an imbalance in the ecosystem then there shouldn't be an issue.just

My family has taken in a few large plecos as rescues over the years. Some have been stunted through having a tank that was too small. They do make good aquarium pets, provided you have a tank that's big enough. We currently only have one. Big Bad Barry. If we hold a cucumber in the water, he will come and eat it from our hands. Edit: I strongly urge you not to get one as a pet unless you have at least 100 litres per fish, as they grow very large.

@cat-yy2ji

Жыл бұрын

Is he alive now

@billydeewilliams9104

Жыл бұрын

@@cat-yy2ji Yes, but he can't respond. He only has fins. He ate Sapphic Solace.

@OfficialPuns

7 ай бұрын

100 liters is way to small. 200- 250 liters per fish, these things grow huge and are extremly sad fish in such small aquarium

I used to go there all the time back in the 80's.

The guy that released the first mating pair right now🙄

Thanks for showing insight on this, and its not just here everywhere in florida with all kinds of fish, peacock bass, Oscars, pacu, red tail cats and their hybreeds.

These things are actually caught and eaten (usually curried) in Trinidad and Tobago. Seriously. A shoal like this would legit be enough to feed a village. The snouts and find are cut off and the fish gets gutted. After there it's seasoned to taste and dropped in a pot - usually served with rice and dhal. I personally don't eat it because these things creep me TF out but for some people it's delicious.

@twasbrillig33

5 жыл бұрын

I would think the flesh tastes like algae because that's their primary food source

@timhorvat7432

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I can’t imagine it would taste that good or even have that much meat on it

@steveaustin6983

5 жыл бұрын

Nihcas it is commonly eaten in Trinidad. He is correct.

@imin2461

5 жыл бұрын

Isnt dhal a lizard Edit: wait thats a type of curry the lizard is a dhab

@c.j.rogers2422

5 жыл бұрын

@@twasbrillig33 Uhh...no. Does ribeye taste like grass?

I was snorkeling there with my kids over the summer and I thought it looked just like our pleco but bigger we saw a few of them definitely didn't see that many of them but wow I knew it was plecos! What a bummer people do this. Don't be lazy folks rehome your unwanted animals and creatures!

No wonder the water is so crystal clear

I used to study the water quality of Florida's springs. It's insane how fast these fish have taken over. The only spring fed River in northern Florida I have seen that has not yet been infested is Rainbow Springs in Dunnellon, FL. They're thriving off of the explosion of algae in the water which has been caused by fertilizers getting into the aquifer. It's only going to get worse.

If only they were zebra plecos 🤔

@alextchieng7621

5 жыл бұрын

☝️

@DomimoD_YG

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly what i was thinking.. If they were a better looking kind of pleco they would not have that problem.

@mangala666

5 жыл бұрын

Well, a pleco that doesn’t out grow tanks constantly...

@jacobhathcock2484

5 жыл бұрын

Royals are better

@jaymzmeh4595

5 жыл бұрын

How would that make it better...an invasive species is still invasive

I’ve had one as a pet for 11 years now and he is almost a foot long. How long did it take for those plecos to get that big? It must be an ongoing issue spanning over a large period of time I guess.

@Zag328

3 жыл бұрын

Had one for 3 years that got to 1.5'. Doesn't take them too long, ended up giving him to someone with a pond.

These fish are extremely adorable

This is happening here in South Florida with the Pacu

@AProtokid

5 жыл бұрын

florida is literally just a cesspool of ecological disgraces

@SpeekofDee

5 жыл бұрын

Don't people eat pacus in other countries? I wonder if plecos taste any good. xD

@pinguinopenguin2559

5 жыл бұрын

Pacu Barbacue is absolutely delicious

@mandymagnolia1966

5 жыл бұрын

Marcel du plessis - I mean, if the Everglades had to open up a hunting season on the pythons in the Everglades, its bad down here. The animals get too big and they just dump them, it’s sad that people get an animal without being fully aware of what it needs

@wyzemann

5 жыл бұрын

MandyMagnolia19 People get certain “pets” because they’re cheaply and easily obtainable. When an animal is scarce & hard on the wallet, I’ve noticed how standoffish and reluctant folks are. More thought is put into the consequences of ownership. So, the more people impulsively grab at cheap exotic pets, the more abuse and abandonment they endure. Honestly, thoughtless/moronic humans are the absolute WORST invasive species 🤦🏾‍♂️.

Yep, I used to have some of these in my aquarium years ago they are one tuff amazonian catfish with armor they are tuffer than a box of nails.

🤠 Seeing all these fish like this is most definitely cool and I enjoy it too. Come on, who wouldn't enjoy seeing a bunch of fish like this swimming underneath the water. It kind of reminds me of watching that's what geographic channel or animal planet that's for sure. I think they also need to show more stuff like this on KZread. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

plecos surprise ya they sit still chillin on the bottom but when u wanna catch em they are faster than flash.

I suggest the diver uses a net next time

@StevePolandAquatics

5 жыл бұрын

They are using nets and lots of other methods. This was just showing how quick they are.

@billybob9961

5 жыл бұрын

Steve Poland Aquatics Got it thank you They are very fast and I think beautiful

Sell them to pet stores around the country, they are in high demand. They sell for around $20 in Colorado for that size. You'll be so rich if you sold them for $5.

@sdqsdq6274

3 жыл бұрын

a big one cost more then 50 cents here

@mlft8625

3 жыл бұрын

A 1,5 inch pleco sells for €10 here in belgium, not cheap

@robmoorman827

3 жыл бұрын

must a a commercial fishing permit to sell marine livestock

@ClumsyCars

2 жыл бұрын

@@robmoorman827 ahahahahahaha

Hurricane Andrew in 1992 caused MOST of the invasive fish problem in Florida. A Hypostomus Fish can for 30 or more years. I had one for over 20 years.

I love this I love places I have 2 of my own there names are Tony and frank one common one is a rubberlip

They’re in Houston and south Texas too

@WesleyAPEX

5 жыл бұрын

Crown royal both

Thank you for sharing this Steve. I shared it. I wish everyone was aware of the harm releasing fish into the wild can cause.

@StevePolandAquatics

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Heather

Whatever ! The underwater video is awsome satisfying. Otherworldly

Same problems now in our Laguna de Bay in the Philippines. Its an invasive fish and killing the local residence on that lake and even distroying the landmass on both sides of the lake

Very frustrating situation. Hopefully this gets taken care of soon. Thanks for posting.

@gustavoreyes4841

5 жыл бұрын

Hey man I watch your vids all the time!

Very informative video, thanku for sharing with us..

We had a hard freeze like 12 years ago. There was thousands of dead pleco and also tilapia on the st.johns lake Monroe. Its been years since I went to blue springs to swim. I would think if they shocked the water with electricity they would be easy to scoop them up.

@ghostsauce1443

Жыл бұрын

I scrolled for this comment

This is extremely upsetting. I grew up in Gainesville and would spend many summer days snorkeling Blue and Ginnie Springs, tube down the Ichetucknee River... This is the 1st time I've heard about this. We love our Florida manatees and then fact that these invasive fish are disrupting and stressing out the manatees really pisses me off.

Screw raising awareness, its seems to me that a coordinated effort of divers with nets could put a huge dent in their population immediately. People like to photograph or film issues, but no one wants to DO anything about them!!! We have become a society of voyeurs...

@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8

5 жыл бұрын

these things rip nets

@j.t.molina7223

5 жыл бұрын

They rip most nets, and only experienced pleco grabbers can grab them. Commercial fishing tactics are what you want.

@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8

5 жыл бұрын

@@j.t.molina7223 trawling or near bottom nets might actually save the environment here, if some guy watched it and made sure to let manatees avoid them

@c.j.rogers2422

5 жыл бұрын

This is in a state park, so forget spears, nets, traps, etc.

@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8

5 жыл бұрын

@@c.j.rogers2422 dangit

Although they are invasive and destroying the ecosystem there is something beautiful about them all schooling together

@sapio9968

5 жыл бұрын

but it destroys native species... they eat other fish eggs, you see how there's no other fish around? that's what they do to the environment.

@matthewparker82

5 жыл бұрын

I know that that why I said in my comment although they are invasive and destroying the ecosystem I am not denying that they are destroying everything I'm simply saying the is something beautiful about them school together

@sapio9968

5 жыл бұрын

matthew parker oh, my bad. It’s interesting how this is happening everywhere, there are 2 locations with invading plecos in massive numbers driving native species to none existent in China right now. Do people not have any brains?

@matthewparker82

5 жыл бұрын

People seem to think that because they live in water and there's a stream next to there house they will release them there so they can have a better life not thinking about consequences and it's shocking

@iDerp69

5 жыл бұрын

I love my pleco in my aquarium... looks just like these. However, these plecos are an invasive species and a pest, and should be culled completely.

The most terrifying thing about this fish is they are out side of the food chain. Over populated pleco can disturb the balance of the ecosystem.

plecos are so cute I love them but we definitely need to put a stop to that invasion if it isn't over yet

The situation is out of hand here in Florida... :(

@cmerton

3 жыл бұрын

Every situation imaginable is out of hand in Florida.

It’s always shocking how much of an impact a few idiots can do to the planet.

@evilflow7359

5 жыл бұрын

Just a few? The earth is infected with idiots.

@BFjordsman

5 жыл бұрын

@@evilflow7359 lol it's exponential

Are they edible and the same as commercial farmed catfish fillets? If so commercial harvesting would reduce them quickly especially if sent to the Asia markets

@dimensiond668

15 күн бұрын

I think I saw a commenter say that in Brazil they eat them. Some places are also turning them into pet treats

if you can't catch em, can we trap em? i heard they are good for aquariums as janitors.

Great video steve. This video is gonna go huge and I hope it does because SO MANY people do this and are clueless to the butterfly effect they are creating

@StevePolandAquatics

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam. All we can do is try to educate people.

@adamc7918

5 жыл бұрын

@@StevePolandAquatics I'm calling 4 million

Seems like they could be herded it a net and removed pretty easily from watching the video.

@blaze4487

5 жыл бұрын

Mike Ferguson i had the same thought. Net them. Problem is they needs to be a market for them

@Sg-bg7xp

5 жыл бұрын

Hell net them a drop them on the shore. No way can that many grown plecos be marketed in the pet world. Maybe as food. HEY FLORIDA COULD START THEIR OWN DOG AND CAT FOOD BUSINESS! FUELED BY INVASIVE FISH AND REPTILES! Problem solved

@usetobeasurferchick

5 жыл бұрын

Grind them up for fish emulsion fertilizer, sell the meat to cat food companies. This bleeding heart attitude of "they are destroying everything, but we can't hurt them... WAHHHHHHH!!!!" is crazy. Just like the monkeys at silver springs. Some kid is going to get torn up by a troupe of them and THEN someone will do something.

@Sg-bg7xp

5 жыл бұрын

@@usetobeasurferchick exactly. I think, given the right game plan, this could be lucrative for the state. Hell Florida, fund me and i will get this going! Me and emmausroad will figure this stuff out!!! Im after snake heads hogs and iguanas as well. Alive pays more.

@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8

5 жыл бұрын

One thing thouh, these PESTS tear holes in nets, and in the Philippines here, we also have pleco problems, and these things are annoying as hell

When you own a pleco 😳😳

Fishkeepers: *it's free real estate*

Forget Petco and PetSmart, I’m coming here to get me some plecos

you can feed ppl with the excess fish im sure someone somewhere is dying for catfish

Those are small, I've seen videos of some 3 or 4 times that size in drainage ditches in Texas.

In illlinois pleckos are great bait for almost any fish surprising nothing is chowing down on them in florida lol.

Omg there’s thousands and thousands of them and they are pleco’s..!!!!! I have one in my 55 gallon aquarium and that’s where he’s gonna stay..!!!

@BFjordsman

5 жыл бұрын

Once a pleco get over 6 inches it's useless. If your tank is non aggressive ,otocincalus cats 1per 10gallons is the way to go

@shooter-ey9dv

5 жыл бұрын

@@BFjordsman you can get more otos than that I have 6 in a 20 gallon if someone had to follow that rule if you had ten you would have to get a 100 gallon they don't take up that much space

@BFjordsman

5 жыл бұрын

@@shooter-ey9dv your right, I should have specified my number was a minimum to keep glass clean

@shooter-ey9dv

5 жыл бұрын

@@BFjordsman oh ok you also forgot that they need to be in a shoal of 6 (people might tell you 3 so they are more likely to sell you the fish)

I've seen footage like this of divers swimming through thousands o flippin plecos. Goldfish invasions are bad in lakes in some parts of the country too. I've heard of invasive plants too its insane & a huge huge problem

I used to live in Florida back in the 70s and I kept a few in my tank but they got too big so I just released them in to the near by stream, I do always wonder how are they doing now?

@sonofaquack6987

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, probably wasn’t the best idea lol

@pixazelz

3 жыл бұрын

you should be ashamed it was really shitty doing that

Same here in Bangladesh. This Foul fishes has been invaded 2 big rivers of Bangladesh. These fish eats other small fishes, Fish eggs and Larva. Nothing smaller then its mouth size is safe from its attack. Now our local species are in danger of extinction. And the way this fishes reproduce themselves is terrifying.

One religion teaches their followers to release aquatic life to so-called reduce their sins. I have seen them releasing freshwater crabs into the sea. Anyone who stops them will be perceived by them as an antagonist, a big bad guy.

@curtiskretzer8898

5 жыл бұрын

Os that like when Steve from"Married w/children"rescues fresh water turtle from zoo & releases it in ocean?

@andrewpaige1194

5 жыл бұрын

Ong Seng Aun yeah, it's horrible! That reminds me of that whole horrible ecosystem-devastating snakehead invasion started from 1 single man....just one person!!!, releasing a few snakeheads into a local pond for a Korean or Chinese ritual for luck to help his sick wife.

@aunco

5 жыл бұрын

@@andrewpaige1194 Indeed selfish acts! Anyway that is not Chinese or Korean ritual. Genuine Chinese and Korean cultures do not have that. It is Buddhism, which originates from India.

@andrewpaige1194

5 жыл бұрын

Ong Seng Aun oh yeah sorry, ur right, Chinese Buddhist. I hope the ritual at least worked for him lol!

@aunco

5 жыл бұрын

@@curtiskretzer8898 They don't care about facts or logic, as long as they feel good. Their feeling matters. They will retreat to safe space from reasoning.

I live 15 minutes away from this national park... really hope this doesnt kill the eco system

This type of fish is unbelievable. I did an unintentional experiment years ago. I was changing water of my fish tank and I had a pleco fish about 6 inch long. I put all my fishes in a bucket and placed the pleco in a small tank separately. The small tank had nearly no room for the pleco to swim. I placed the bucket and the small tank at the balcony. I took the bucket of fishes back to the fish tank after I changed the tank water. But forgot about the pleco. The pleco was left in a small tank at the balcony for a month. Given there were rainy days and sunny days in that month. One day I went to the balcony to pick up something and I saw the pleco. It was very much alive and well.

These fish are literally sold at my local fish at that size for 75$ there’s like 10,000 bucks swimming there!

The over population of sealions in Oregon and Washington are a bigger deal they are very close to making sturgeon extinct in the region, and it illegal to do anything about it despite the seals being as far upriver as the Bonneville dam.

@stephencaridi9939

5 жыл бұрын

Act local, think global.

@tatsuhirosatou5513

5 жыл бұрын

@@stephencaridi9939 killing the sealions this far north would be better locally and globally.

@stephencaridi9939

5 жыл бұрын

@@tatsuhirosatou5513 Do your thing homeslice

@c.j.rogers2422

5 жыл бұрын

I'd eat a sea lion!

@stephencaridi9939

5 жыл бұрын

@SDD525 Ok

In some parts plecos are high in demand for their meat !! So May be they should start a big pleco fish eating movement (or make cat food) !!! After all We humans are experts at eradicating animals for our bellies 😁 this will solve the problem !!

@wstein111

5 жыл бұрын

That last sentence. Savage!

@ianramos905

5 жыл бұрын

Well in this case that maybe the thing we need to eradicate the infestation.

Looks like my tank when the bristlenose breed.

Even flowerhorns get afraid while watching pleco