Alright, a challenge for you all! List the ways you have heard various algae eaters, plecos or bottom feeders, etc pronounced. Or nick names, or other silly things people (coughcustomerscough) call these fish!
And, at this point, I'd like to mention how frustrating it is that everyone and his dog thinks that these fish (and snails!) eat crap.
ahem.
Anyway!
I have some interesting ones...
1. scum suckers
2. Mr. uglies (in reference to plecos)
3. plemomus
4. precromoose (I'll never forget that one!)
5. "Those damn ugly sh** eaters"
6. crapfish
There are more, with variations of the ways to say pleco, but I can't remember them all! I remember precromoose so well because I almost killed myself laughing. Oops...