Hey!
I have had a pleco for the last 13 years. S/he loves zucchini. Mine is huge, over a foot long. The tank is overloaded with plants it wont eat and 2 large pieces of driftwood; they DO enjoy nibbling on the wood. His tankmates, at present are guppies. Before that I had platties and swordtails. His tankmates are temporary fish; I get a few and care for them until they die out. If you have a common pleco he doesn't need a same species tankmate; they are territorial and don't exactly like sharing, plus you would need a very large tank to deal with the waste.
It's diet consists of vegetables (zucchini, yellow squash) and homemade gel food that is mostly veggies, but I do add wild caught shrimp (shells and all) from the frozen food section of the supermarket.
What I use for my gel food is kale, packaged frozen mixed veggies and shrimp and of course the knox unflavored gelatin. Other people cook the food, I thaw it and process it raw then dissolve the 4 gelatin packs in about 3
2 cups of boiling water , mix and mold.
You can find many gel food recipes on the web. That, in a nutshell is what I use.
Enjoy your pleco! They are long lived and interesting fish on their own.
Enid
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From: SIMMONDS JOHN <simmonds.john@ntlworld.com>
To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 5:35 AM
Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] plecostomus
Hi Tatts,
I am by no means an expert in Plecos as I keep streamlined Goldfish but
it sounds like you have things well under control with his tank. As to
introducing new tank mates hopefully someone else on here can jump in &
advise you about that because as well as territorial issues there is also
the danger of introducing ailments or pathogens from new fish. I agree
about the conflicting info out there but you have come to the right place
here. You do well to be wary of the fish store advice, far too many seller
will tell the punter what he wants to hear instead of the truth which can
often result in suffering for both fish & new owners.
Well done for giving that Betta a happy home, 4 years is an excellent
record. I'd be interested to hear a little about your pond.
John*<o)))<*
On 8 July 2013 01:51, tattsmc <tattsmc@comcast.net> wrote:
> **
>
>
> Hey John,
> Thanks for the welcome.
> I've had it for about 4 months. Yes its in the same tank since my brother
> had him in when he got it 5-6 years ago, but he did have other fish.
> My brother basically had different tetras in there. They've all passed now
> except for the pleco. After my brother passed his wife didn't want the
> tank
> so I took it.
> I think the pleco is about 5 inches long. Right before I got it the last
> black tetra died.
> I have had little 10 gal tanks before in the past. Little neon's/guppies
> and
> a betta tank once. I seen a sick betta about half dead sitting on a
> walmart
> shelf and the softy I am bought a 10 gal tank to put it in and he lived
> for
> 4 years.
> I do have a Japanese Koi pond in the backyard. I've had it with the same
> Koi
> I started with for 14 yrs.
> I don't know a thing about pleco's. I asked the pet store owner and he
> told
> me they were community fish but I also know the guy is running a business
> as
> well. lol
> I've read conflicting infor on the web.
> I feed it the algae wafers and give it a zucchini once a week. Its seems
> happy enough. Is there anything else it likes to munch on?
>
> Tatts
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "SIMMONDS JOHN" <simmonds.john@ntlworld.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 7:31 PM
> To: <AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] plecostomus
>
> > Hi Tatts,
> >
> > Welcome to the group. On face value I would be very cautious about making
> > any changes to an aquatic system or it's inhabitants if it has been
> > running
> > ok previously. That said, could you give us a little background about
> > your
> > inherited Pleco-how long have you had the fish & is it in the same tank
> > that it has been in for the 5 years? Have you had fish keeping experience
> > or are you a novice?
> >
> > John*<o)))<*
> >
> >
> > On 7 July 2013 12:24, tattsmc <tattsmc@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >> **
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello, I am tatts and new here.
> >> I inherited a plecostomus. Its in a 30 gal tank and has been alone for
> at
> >> least 5 yrs. I was thinking of adding a few little fish for company.
> >> Will it get along with a school of little neons? I was thinking maybe 10
> >> at the most. The Aquarium is a 30 gal.
> >> Thanks
> >>
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