Anyone ever keep a Hong Kong pleco?

[davo]

meds become concentrated in algae and so any fish that then eats the algae DIE/ are poisoned, so you cant really use meds with algea eaters, esp. panaques

 

[WyldFya]

meds become concentrated in algae and so any fish that then eats the algae DIE/ are poisoned, so you cant really use meds with algea eaters, esp. panaques

If you do use meds, use them very lightly, and feed plecos extensively before hand.

 

[ewurm]

Perhaps that was it, I think I may have treated for algae a while back.

 

[WyldFya]

If you treated to kill off the algae, the plecos probably took a pretty considerable hit from it.

 

[davo]

If you treated to kill off the algae, the plecos probably took a pretty considerable hit from it.

lol you could say that again

 

[ewurm]

If you treated to kill off the algae, the plecos probably took a pretty considerable hit from it.

A considerable hit? They're dead. That's like saying Kurt Cobain took a considerable hit from the shot gun he had pressed against his chin. LOL

 

[WyldFya]

exactly. Keep in mind that when you kill algae, anything that has that for a primary source of food will often die, or become very sick.

 

[ewurm]

The algae definitely didn't die, but I bet the meds killed my HS loaches.

 

[DrBranDo]

wow cool
how big does it get?
what does it eat and price?

 

[ewurm]

I paid eight bucks a piece.