I.D. my Pleco

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Absolutely beautiful PL*co you have there. I probably would have had a fit if i would have found one that cheap.
 
Can they eat the harder stuff like Malaysian bog wood and African rootwood?
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IME, i've found that they prefer softer wood. The malaysian wood seems to work well but mopani and the other rootwood I find is too hard. You can imagine the amount of wear on the panaques teeth after months of grazing on wood that hard. (that's what she said?) I also i would guess that mopani and rootwoods like that cannot be that easy to digest, which is one of the primary reasons behind the panaques wood-eating. That is a great looking L-330.
 
I wish I would have found him for 8 bucks. A Panaque loves wood so keep him drift wood around. when he gets big (i think up to 1.5 - 2 feet) you may even hear him chewing on it.
 
Thanks everyone.

I do have some softer driftwood maybe 10-15lbs. (the kind with the slate rock screwed in on the bottom.)

I have about 50lbs of the harder stuff in there.

I actually have a piece of soft wood that was close to around 3 feet long and it was eaten on for the last 12 year and now it is about 10 inches long.
 
heavyhitter;2793971; said:
Yea he has plenty of wood. Can they eat the harder stuff like Malaysian bog wood and African rootwood?
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Yup, but obviously are more designed to take the softer stuff that occurs in their natural habitat. Lots of veggies with roughage in is a good diet for these guys.
 
davo;2797915; said:
Yup, but obviously are more designed to take the softer stuff that occurs in their natural habitat. Lots of veggies with roughage in is a good diet for these guys.
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My royal prefers to chew on the back of my Penguin HOB filter, despite having mopani and malasian:irked:

My clown seems to prefer the mopani.
 
I just had to cleaned my pants after reading $8.00.

Lovely score.
 
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