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Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / July 2008My Pleco
I've had this medium to large Pleco for about six months now, he's in a 40 gal tank with only a Red Devil, this fish never moves, he stays sucked to the under side of a bowl rock, he never goes scrounging for food or anything. I would have figured he'd starve to death by now, do you think he's just extremely lazy or maybe something wrong with him, should I be concerned? Do you think he gets enough nourishment just stuck there? Sometimes I'll drop Tetra ColorBits by him, but he won't go after it. Any suggestions? > I've had this medium to large Pleco for about six months now, he's in > a 40 gal tank with only a Red Devil, this fish never moves, he stays [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > stuck there? Sometimes I'll drop Tetra ColorBits by him, but he won't > go after it. Any suggestions? Plecs normally feed at night. Put some sinking food in a few minutes before lights out and leave him to it. Another good way to feed them is a piece of cucumber weighted down overnight, they will eat the flesh and leave the rind. If you want to see them naturally, you could try adding a red light to the tank at night as fish generally don't see this colour ad will think it is dark, or perhaps an actinic light usually used with marine. Mark  Signaturehttp://www.marksfish.me.uk >> I've had this medium to large Pleco for about six months now, he's in >> a 40 gal tank with only a Red Devil, this fish never moves, he stays [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Mark Thanks Mark, I'm sure he doesn't even move at night, I've watched him many a night. I wonder how long it takes a large fish to starve to death? I'm afraid his lack of activity is detrimental to his health. >>> I've had this medium to large Pleco for about six months now, he's in >>> a 40 gal tank with only a Red Devil, this fish never moves, he stays [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >many a night. I wonder how long it takes a large fish to starve to >death? I'm afraid his lack of activity is detrimental to his health. A couple weeks after posting this the pleco finally came out, ate a little bit but was acting strange, about a week later he died. I think he knew his time was up. ahhh,Y doncha leave him alone- he's doing what he wants and isn't bothering anyone. Mike. > I've had this medium to large Pleco for about six months now, he's in > a 40 gal tank with only a Red Devil, this fish never moves, he stays [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption > =---- > ahhh,Y doncha leave him alone- he's doing what he wants and isn't bothering > anyone. Mike. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption >> =---- The big problem I here is people spelling out the whole word pl*co! Good lord people! Don't you fear for the life of your fish?? Andy |
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