This monster tried to kill my dearest arowana!

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
never tried putting large plecos with my aros, never a good idea so didnt ever bother trying
 
I just read this thread. I got rid of my new pleco because my silver was really mean if it got close, he'd slash it. My previous pleco (spazzz) used to try to suck on my aro, I didn't realize they could hurt the fish. Any pleco is now screwed if he goes into my tank!
 
I have seen large plecos and large aros coexist without any problems. Keeping a large enough tank helps, and keeping the pleco well fed will help to avoid slime coat suckings. Theres a new word for you all to put in your redneck dictionaries Suckings... I've lived in Idaho way too long.
 
never heard of that before thanks for the heads up
 
so how's your arowana. has he recovered from the stress and feeding now?

pelco is not the only fish that could suck on your aro. sometimes flag tail does that too. ;)
 
AROWANA_KISS said:
:cry: THIS ROYAL PLECO LOVE THE AROWANA SKIN, LIKE CANDY. I HAD TO TAKE OUT AND PUT THE PLECO IN ANOTHER TANK.!! MY AROWANA BECOME SO STRESS AND DID'T EAT IN 2 DAYS!! :cry: . SO BE CAREFULL WITH PLECOS!

AROWANA_KISS
Click to expand...

It ok..nothing wrong, The pleco act like a cleaner to the tank and aro, that mean your baro body dirty the pleco cleaning it, not trying to kill it.
 
My 5 inch Tiger Oscar and 7 inch Pleco always mess with each other....I didn't think much of it since my Oscar can't penetrate the pleco's skin, and the pleco doesn't have any teeth......also they don't stress each other too much.....otherwise I would switch tanks.
 
lol, after 1 week of introducingmy jardini i got home to find my 14 inch common pleco totally gutted! my jardini mauled it!
 
For those who had problems with plecos, did you leave plenty of driftwoods for the plecos to nibble on? Especially when it comes to panaques, I would say having woods for them to nibble on will keep them from going after other fish. I have a 11" sailfin with a pair of motoro, 2 black aros, and a silver and they never have any issues with one another.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
MonsterFishKeepers.com
Top Bottom