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	Common Pleco waste???
BeastKeeper Big Fish Posts: 444 Kudos: 389 Votes: 47 Registered: 27-Apr-2004	i just got a 12inch common pleco and i noticed long white pieces of string floating around. so is this his waste?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Cichlid Kid Fish Addict Posts: 553 Kudos: 285 Votes: 34 Registered: 22-May-2004	yes most likely as mine sometime swiims the tank goes around a plant and back down the other side of the tank to him that is the only way i find him when he is hiding.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	I have to agree with cichlid, it's his "poops" as my favorite 4 yr old would say...and yes they seem to have an extreme amount of it...:%) "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	it isnt normal for pleco poop to be white.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
poisonwaffle Mega Fish Posts: 1397 Kudos: 591 Registered: 11-Feb-2003	They tend to have big "poo strings".... it always seems that they poo more than they eat
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
amilner Big Fish Posts: 429 Kudos: 654 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Jul-2004	I agree with victim in that it shouldn't be white. More of a dark brown due to its herbivourous diet.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	ive never seen white poop in my tank, some are red(color of my flakes, brown, black, dark green...) unless you are feeding them white stuff, i doubt thats a normal sign either. i just got rid of my 6 inch pleco because its poop was getting as thick as ramen nodles, and they are all in this one corner, it looks so disgusting. makesure you get rid of them when you do water change, vacuum.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06


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