12 Volt Man's Royal Pleco..having dinner
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WyldFya;961949; said:
well, I wouldn't say necessary..but recommended.
if I had driftwood in my tank I would hardly be able to have any other fish in the 65 - it would be way way too messy..
Mine seems to be doing pretty well without the wood.
nice and big (and fat)
ps I disagree that you must have wood in order for it to grow fast. I have fish friends that have wood and their royal plecos are as old as mine and have not grown any faster
Wood is part of a panaques diet. It is required, and it will restrict the length of life. Wood is not the key to a proper diet for good growth. No where did I indicate that it was the key to growth, but it does advance the rate of growth when a proper diet is provided.
View the sticky in the pleco section
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42856
You should get wood into your tank, even if it is just a small chunk for the plec to eat, you NEED it.
View the sticky in the pleco section
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42856
You should get wood into your tank, even if it is just a small chunk for the plec to eat, you NEED it.
I've got my big royal in a tank with plenty of bogwood and it's seems happy rasping at the bogwood alday at it good for it, so even a small peices of moiparni, even 4inches long would do some good.
maybe so, but I can't put even a small piece of wood in his tank.
if he eats it all day, it will be a huge mess. We used to have driftwood in with the royals at the LFS where I used to work and the tanks were so messy we would have to water change them twice in a row. it was that bad.
I don't think my pleco is going to drop dead anytime soon because he has no wood in his tank.
6 years old and counting isn't bad
He is very healthy.
if he eats it all day, it will be a huge mess. We used to have driftwood in with the royals at the LFS where I used to work and the tanks were so messy we would have to water change them twice in a row. it was that bad.
I don't think my pleco is going to drop dead anytime soon because he has no wood in his tank.
6 years old and counting isn't bad
He is very healthy.
according to who?
vegetable matter is also part of silver dollar's diets and my big ones are 9 years old and counting..and they live on cichlid sticks and other foods
.sometimes things you read on the net are over exaggerated
you can have very healthy and very old fish even if you don't always follow the 'rules' of this hobby.
thats because there are very few 'rules' to begin with
According to me. Not the net. I have had royals in tanks with and without wood. Those without do not grow as fast, and die much earlier. Just because he isn't dead, doesn't mean he's healthy.
please.
he is very fat, thick, eats like a pig and is older already than most people's aquarium fish.
he is very healthy.
and very colourful, as you can see.
unhealthy fish are not 6+ years old, thick and colourful.
they are skinny, not colourful and probably dead already.
he is very fat, thick, eats like a pig and is older already than most people's aquarium fish.
he is very healthy.
and very colourful, as you can see.
unhealthy fish are not 6+ years old, thick and colourful.
they are skinny, not colourful and probably dead already.
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