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	Hungry pleco?
PappaBear Small Fry Posts: 9 Kudos: 4 Votes: 0 Registered: 26-Sep-2007	Hi I'm new to plecos and am giving him baby marrow. How much should I give? because he can't seem to get enough!!! J
Posted 28-Sep-2007 10:45
clownloachfan Fish Addict Posts: 660 Kudos: 850 Votes: 115 Registered: 10-Oct-2003	I have been looking at this post for the past few days and no one has been replying. I know how tough that can be, cough.. my aquabotanic post cough. I think the question on everyones minds is- What is Baby Marrow? - As for feeding in general. Do not overfeed. Give you fish small amounts of food throughout the day if you can instead of giving one huge meal once a day. Once in the morning and once at night is good if you have a busy schedule.
Posted 29-Sep-2007 22:50
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Baby marrow is zucchini. About the only advice I have is that variety is important. I don't know that at any point you could overfeed a pleco on vegetables but I don't think only feeding 1 of anything is a good idea. They also usually like other squashes, cucumber, leafy greens, and mango for a few examples. You do also have to remove the vegetables after awhile if they don't eat them or it will ruin the water qualitly.
Posted 29-Sep-2007 23:30
clippers1996 Fingerling Posts: 25 Kudos: 10 Votes: 14 Registered: 10-Oct-2004	I had a BN Pleco for 2.5 years. I always fed him Hikari algae wafers, along with a high output lamp and plenty of algae. at first, most times he didn't eat it, so I cut down to once or twice a week, which by morning it was gone. I very rarely saw him, one time for a 3 month stretch as he was very shy. But he was healthy and my tank was spotless. I knew where he hid but it took awhile to find him to figure it out.
Posted 30-Sep-2007 18:33
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	I feed my BN's sinking Nishikoi pellets & Algae Wafers. Both seem quite fat & there is no Algae in the tank. http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 02-Oct-2007 22:34


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