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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / January 2006Moribund plecos
I notice I have a really high death rate of plecos. I keep cichlids, usually moderatley aggressive south americans, haps and peacocks. I have several tanks. I try to keep at least one pleco in each tank to eat the algae. I have a problem though in that they are always dying mysteriously, particularly the small ones. I keep enough of an eye on them to know it's not ich and the cichlids pretty much leave them alone, so it's not persecution or being eaten or ripped apart (at least, very rarely) They always seem to survive once they get about 4" -5" long, but until that point, it seems like about a 60% death rate, compared to maybe 2% for other new fish. What give here? Are they starving? Eating too many toxins? Don't like water quality, hardnesss, temperature? Any advice would be appreciated. BD probably starving ... i feed my plecs .... mine love blanched baby marrows. i half cook them so they will sink all i do is buy couple of marrows .. peel them and cook them for +- 10 min till they sink ... strain the lot and chop them into 1" - 2" pieces .. freez the lot and remember to seperate them when they start to freez otherwize they get to hard to sepearate. now all i do is every second night i drop a frozen cube in each of my tanks .. the plecs love the stuph... you could try cucumber, carrots(blanced), pumpkins(blanched) or just about any veg that sinks Remember a fish that size will need more food than the algae can supply. most of the other stuph you mentiond will probably kill all your fish .... >I notice I have a really high death rate of plecos. I keep cichlids, > usually moderatley aggressive south americans, haps and peacocks. I have [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > BD > probably starving ... > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >> >>BD Another thing to remember is that some Plecs are omnivorous. I've noticed that as time has progressed and my Plecs have grown that they need more of a mixed diet rather than just algae or veggies - I would try adding some catfish pellets. Gill Ok I'll bite (sorry) What the hell is a marrow? DB > probably starving ... > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > > > BD > Ok I'll bite (sorry) > [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] >>> >>>BD A very large vegetable from the same family as cucumber and courgette (sorry zuccini if you don't understand marrow). They grow to about a foot plus long with much the same circumfrance - taste wonderful boiled up with some runner beans or equally as nice stuffed....must be a British thing.... Gill >I notice I have a really high death rate of plecos. I keep cichlids, > usually moderatley aggressive south americans, haps and peacocks. I have > several tanks. I try to keep at least one pleco in each tank to eat the > algae. I have a problem though in that they are always dying > mysteriously, Most Plecos are omnivores and need some Bog Wood to rasp on it is part of their diet along with blood worm. We feed algae wafers made by SERRA can't remember the name right now, they contain willow bark. All the bottom feeders go mad for it. Cheers John |
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