Well let me start by saying when I started the hobby I purchased a common Pleco like I think most of you guys did .. but after both died because they were curious about the black vortex of Hell called the power head, I sort of didn't care much about ever gettin any again.. well that was a few years back and for about 8 months I was really interested in gettin a Royal Pleco because I find them to be really good Looking and interesting! so I purchased one a few days back and let me tell you that I am happy that I have it.. it's in a 29gal for now with a AC110..the 29 gal is a bit crowded but he is swimming about and I feed it Zuc, spinach and he eats and im happy! BUT I didnt know this pleco Craps like a factory... my sand is covered in his poop.. I cant keep up cleaning it... so my question is can I put him in my 150 without risking eating my sev's eggs??? I know some pleco's eats eggs..but I wanted to know from some one who's knows this better than me!
Question about my Pleco?
- Thread starter LouieV
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Luckily for you Royals (panaque) are herbivores and they also love to eat wood so as long as you have lots of drift wood and good hiding places you should be fine. here is a link with some great info.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=151
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=151
Plecos are opportunistic grazers omnivore's....although a Royals main diet consists of plants , wood (Aufwuchs), they will eat meat...In which fish eggs are considered a delicacy...
Put him in the 150 the bio load in the 29 is not conducive to his overall long term health
Thanks man.. Im gonna do that.. again this morning I had about a foot worth of his Crap in the 29... How does it produce that much crapola.. is a mystery to me...Mr Pleco;3369718;3369718 said:
Plecos are opportunistic grazers omnivore's....although a Royals main diet consists of plants , wood (Aufwuchs), they will eat meat...In which fish eggs are considered a delicacy...
Put him in the 150 the bio load in the 29 is not conducive to his overall long term health
LouieV;3369881; said:
I have 3 Royals smallest one is 8" largest is a good 11 to 12"...If I let them they would eat a Yam a day...Lots of orange piles everywhere..LOL..I change 30 to 50% of the water twice a week, plus I'm overfiltered to the max....
FX5 and Ehiem 2028 take care of the mech filteration and then a custom 1200 GPH sump takes care of the bio.. A Seio 1500 on a timer to keep the bottom clean..(bare bottomed grow out tank)