TRY A BIGGER PLECO AND A PLACE FOR IT TO HIDE IF ITS STARTS GETTING PICKED ON. THAT WORKS FOR ME . MY PLECO DOESN'T KEEP ANYTHING CLEAN HE HIDES UNTIL FEEDING TIME THEN COMES OUT
adding a pleco with fh's?????
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iv got 3 plecs with my fhs. but one plecs 1 and half ft, and the fhs are only about 3inches lol but they dont bother my other plecs
Hey they might eat fruit cakes too... I never tried. I figured it would cloud the water too bad. lol.Camphilophus;2402313; said:I thought you said fruit cakes.
when i was setting up the 75 for the 2 fh's, i built a small tunnel into the rock dividers for a pleco to hide, thought it would be small enogh that the fh's couldnt get through to the other side, yeah i was wrong, the smaller one squeezed through and now the 2 of them are swimming in circles, not going after each other yet, i will wait to see how they act with each other, maybe they can coexist together
beantickler;2402105; said:Plecos should't be bought to clean your tank algae for you. A magnet or a scrubber should be used.Pleco's eat real food like romaine, fruit, cukes, zukes, peas, greens, and carnivorous plecs eat meaty foods. Don't starve a fish cause you don't want to clean your tank. Sorry if this comes off harsh but I am a huge Plecostomus lover! Try keeping the lights off a few days and feed the FH lees food. Also gravel vac the left over food out so algae has nothing to feed on.
Basically. It's pretty obvious you want one for cleaning benefits. But for dirt/algae problems I suggest upping your water changes, less light, etc.. I wouldn't buy a fish to mask a maintnance issue. Not that there's anything wrong with algae as sometimes it just happens but just leave it, change your maintnance, or get a algae scraper.
water changes are done on a weekly basis, magnet is used to clean the glass, but the lights are on a lot, there is no maintenance issue here, i didnt know asking if a pleco was a good or wise addition would give the impression that maintenance was an issue, a pleco would help with it, but dont assume you know how well or not i keep up on the maintenance.
I don't know how well.. But algae is a sign that something is off. And apparently it's your lights are on alot. No big. If it's merely that get a light timer. I'm being honest with you. My answer was not P.C. but the real answer.
My answer was catered to what seemed like a big part of your reasoning. If it was merely "I want a pleco because I love plecos" I would tell you it probably won't work at least in the long run.
My answer was catered to what seemed like a big part of your reasoning. If it was merely "I want a pleco because I love plecos" I would tell you it probably won't work at least in the long run.
jgallagher1980;2400548; said:
It wasn't the fact that you asked if adding a Pleco was ok... It was the statements in RED that tipped me off that you want a pleco to clean your brown coating off everything.jgallagher1980;2400622; said:
