Could you post a picture of your entire tank? That might give people some other ideas. Don't give up! I don't blanch the cucumber. I just feed him WELL WASHED heels. Picture please!
L235 Pleco not eating
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I see no hiding rock in this picture. Is it the little thing in the center? Is that your pleco hunkered down in the back behind it? Large and multiple hides are important in a tank. Some people go for plants everywhere. As attractive as a minimal tank can be, especially when it is large, the more we mimic nature for our fish, the better for them. My fish spent the summer in the tank (galvanized tanks leach zinc so beware) featured in this video:
and had many hides among the plant supports below the surface. Here's a video I just uploaded about feeding my pleco out in the open:
Yes the fake rock in the middle is where he hides. The pleco is actually on top of it.
Ive also been noticing 4 inch long strings in the aquarium. Today i noticed one that appeared to be coming out of the pleco as it if were a poop. It was a translicent yellow tint. Im getting conflicting information online. Some say its fine, others say parasites.
Anyone ever tried Repashy Superfoods? I was recommended this from a friend and got some to try out.
"superfood" product ingredients: Cellulose Powder, Dried Seaweed Meal, Alfalfa Leaf Meal, Spirulina Algae, Rice Protein Concentrate, Pea Protein Isolate, Stabilized Rice Bran, Dried Brewer’s Yeast, Dried Kelp, Stinging Nettle, Locust Bean Gum, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Citrate, Malic Acid, Taurine, Garlic, Watermelon, RoseHips, Hibiscus Flower, Calendula Flower, Marigold Flower, Paprika, Turmeric, Salt, Calcium Propionate and Potassium Sorbate (as preservatives), Magnesium Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Methionine Hydroxy Analogue Chelate, Manganese Methionine Hydroxy Analogue Chelate, Copper Methionine Hydroxy Analogue Chelate, Selenium Yeast. Vitamins: (Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D Supplement, Choline Chloride, Calcium L-Ascorbyl-2-Monophosphate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Beta Carotene, Pantothenic Acid, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex).
The above is a "fractionated" food cocktail, full of dried and laboratory extracted ingredients lacking in all the nutrients that get destroyed in the drying/extracting process. These plecos seem to be doing great without any man made superfoods:
Notice how their habitat differs from the typical minimalist aquarium, murkier, craggier, more communal, more freshly decomposing natural plant material to feed off of.
Now, here's the nutritional profile explanation for FRESH RAW cucumber: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=42
The above is a "fractionated" food cocktail, full of dried and laboratory extracted ingredients lacking in all the nutrients that get destroyed in the drying/extracting process. These plecos seem to be doing great without any man made superfoods:
Now, here's the nutritional profile explanation for FRESH RAW cucumber: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=42
