wich of the two would be best on alagea and wich should i get i also would like to know wich of the two needs alot of wood to eat
royal spotted vs common royal on alage
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MINE TENDED TO EAT MORE OF A CARNIVOROUS DIET. NOT ALL PLECOS EAT ALGAE,ALOT ARE LIKE OTHER CATFISH AND EAT MEAT.I THINK THE ROYALS FALL IN TO THIS CATAGORY. I HAD LOTS OF WOOD IN THE TANK MINE WHERE IN THEY NEVER TOUCHED IT.OVER THE PAST TEN+ YEARS IVE HAD 5 OR 6 AND NONE OF THEM CARE FOR A HERBAVOROUS TYPE DIET
Royals definitely don't fall in to the meat category of plecos. Their teeth are designed to gouge the surface of wood and the GI tract of captured wild specimens are filled with wood shavings. Now, whether they are after the wood itself or the stuff that grows in and on it is another debate. They should always have access to wood, fed a substitute of algae/biofilm/vegetable matter and have little access to meaty food.
I'm not saying your husbandry techniques are wrong Evan Yunck, but not what nature intended. I too find that my fish prefer to eat vegetables, wafer/pellets and shrimp/prawn over the wood in their tanks but they will revert to it if I don't feed for a few days. I actually deliberately don't feed for days at a time so that they get the wood flowing through them.
I'm not saying your husbandry techniques are wrong Evan Yunck, but not what nature intended. I too find that my fish prefer to eat vegetables, wafer/pellets and shrimp/prawn over the wood in their tanks but they will revert to it if I don't feed for a few days. I actually deliberately don't feed for days at a time so that they get the wood flowing through them.
THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I GOT INTO THEM SEVERAL OF THEN WOULD ACTUALY FIGHT OF THE MUCH LARGER PIMES FOR THE SHRIMP N WORMS.BELIVE ME THERE WAS PLENTY OF WOOD AND I TRYED CUCUMBERS AND OTHER PLANT MATTER WITH NO LUCK.3 OF THEM LIVED FOR A LONG TIME ON A DIET LIKE THAT.
pleco will be in a tank with a 7-8 inch yellowtail cuda two 6 inch armatus 5inch silverdollars and soon a 7 inch altus cuda and some sort of catfish possibly a juruense so it will have to be a big plecAllFishAdrian;4650443; said: