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	Clown Pleco food
Mkcube Big Fish Posts: 457 Kudos: 153 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Jul-2003	My clown only gets vegetables(Cucumbers, apples, etc.) and Algae wafers. Is this a good diet? I have trouble feeding it in the open as it only eats at night.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
jenbabe256 Big Fish Posts: 316 Kudos: 312 Votes: 10 Registered: 21-Jul-2004	mine eats pretty much the same things...make sure you have some driftwood in your tank because these guys need it to rasp on...it's a very important part of thier diet Also, mine will go after frozen bloodworms every once in a while HTH Jen
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	It's sounds good to me, just make sure he is getting plenty...my bottom feeders get veggies, shrimp pellets, algae wafers, bottom wafers...oh and whatever else is on the bottom they getvery well fed and lovedheidi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nobody'd swim the Rio Grande; I wouldn't be an American If it wasn't for Texas; Fort Worth would never cross my mind There'd be no Austin City Limit sign; No Lone Star of any kind If it wasn't for Texas ---George Straight, Texas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	That's really fine. Just make sure that he's eating the food & not other fish. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Mkcube Big Fish Posts: 457 Kudos: 153 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Jul-2003	Houston, What types of bottom feeders do you have? I want to get a group of loaches but was worried that they would eat all the food I set out for the plecos.Inasmuch as they are much more active and do eat at night. Jenbabe, I have two pieces of driftwood on opposite sides of the tank and each has claimed one piece as his own territory. How do you get them to eat frozen bloodworms as my other fish eat them up before they reach the ground. Even if they did reach the ground the others would find the worms and eat them as my plecs only venture out at night.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Loaches won't eat bogwood, whereas clowns will. Therein lies your solution.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	i use color bits, for both my plecos and loaches. try useing this.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	We're talking about panaqolus here. Too much protein is actually detrimental for them.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
jenbabe256 Big Fish Posts: 316 Kudos: 312 Votes: 10 Registered: 21-Jul-2004	my clown also LOVES zucchini...he'll even come out in the light when I feed him this.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05


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