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tetratech Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4241 Kudos: 1074 Registered: 04-Nov-2003	Well I haven't seen my snowball pleco for about 2 weeks now. I've had him about a year and a half. My Scapes
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Johnny the Oranda Enthusiast Posts: 237 Kudos: 237 Votes: 82 Registered: 01-Mar-2005	What do you have in with him?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
tetratech Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4241 Kudos: 1074 Registered: 04-Nov-2003	I don't have anything aggresive: 3 Other dwarf Rams (3 bn, candystripe) 2 Angels 2 Dwarf Rams 12 Cardinals 7 Rummynoses My Scapes
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
billyspans Banned Posts: 59 Kudos: 48 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jun-2005	I haven't seen my Leopard Pleco in about a week and I suspect he has been eaten. I usually see my two common plecos daily. I haven't seen my Raphael is about two weeks, but that is normal. I don't think he has disappeared.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
tetratech Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4241 Kudos: 1074 Registered: 04-Nov-2003	I don't know much about the breeding behavior of dwarf plecos, but my snowball and candystripe are always together and now I can't find either. I have alot of hiding places in my tank (driftwood, moss rock) is it possible they have hidden themselves real well to mate. My Scapes
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	That's why you never have plecos in heavily planted, albeit beautiful (I've seen your tank; very nice ) tanks.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
tetratech Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4241 Kudos: 1074 Registered: 04-Nov-2003	Thanks Cup, I'm just not sure they're alive or not. I don't want to take my tank apart. My Scapes
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
tetratech Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4241 Kudos: 1074 Registered: 04-Nov-2003	What is the longest time you have gone without seeing your pleco? I haven't seen two of mine for about 3 weeks and I don't know if they died or not. I haven't uncovered any remains during cleaning, etc. My Scapes
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Ethan14 Big Fish Posts: 312 Kudos: 339 Votes: 18 Registered: 06-Jul-2005	you could try keeping the lights out for awhile as plecos are nocturnal. Then after an hour or 2 with no light sneak into the dark room and quickly turn on the lights and you might catch him. I usually find mine when i do that
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
tetratech Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4241 Kudos: 1074 Registered: 04-Nov-2003	Thanks for the ideas, it might come to taking things out like you said. I used to look in the tank at nite with a flashlight and would always see them going for the algae wafers that's why I have a bad feeling. My Scapes
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
kieran Fingerling Posts: 35 Kudos: 22 Votes: 3 Registered: 02-Jun-2005	My plec's are completly tame now. I have had them for around 6 months 1 common plec and 1 sailfin. and although they are more active in the dark they are quite happy, especially the large sailfin, to swim about in the brightest of daylight, even though the tank has plenty of hiding spaces for him. especially if i drop in his favourite treat, whole cockles in their shells, he'll scare every other fish away until his had his feed
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
tiny_clanger Fish Guru Posts: 2563 Kudos: 571 Votes: 12 Registered: 17-Sep-2002	4 weeks - but then my tank lives at a mates place, and I only see it every 2 weeks for water changes anyway. ------------------------------------------------- I like to think that whoever designed marine life was thinking of it as basically an entertainment medium. That would explain some of the things down there, some of the unearthly biological contraptions
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	Fake decorations have holes so they don't float and of course fish go in them. I didn't realize they'd also go thru the gravel into holes in the bottom I plugged them with rocks; for larger holes plant baskets work well. This shy guy is a master of hiding Theresa_M attached this image: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
So_Very_Sneaky Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3238 Kudos: 2272 Votes: 201 Registered: 10-Mar-2004	I would just like to mention that I seem to be the odd person out in that I see both of my plecos in my 75g tank on about a 3hourly interval, and sometimes more often than that. I would say the longest period of time gone by without seeing one of my plecos might be 5 hours, and probably because I wasnt watching the whole time Come Play Yahtzee With Me! http://games.atari.com Http://www.myleague.com/yahtgames
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sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	In the 30g I may not see my 2 half grown L134 for weeks or a month. Usually if I get concerned enough to lift up the driftwood they are hanging on it somewhere and decide to swim off to the caves for awhile instead. In the 55g there are three of these ~2" plecos and I never see all 3 at once. 1 could just be hanging on a leaf and I'd never find him in the plants. I'm not entirely sure what all is living in the bottom of that tank anymore... I'll find out when I move the tank this month. Maybe my rainbowshrimp will make a reappearance.
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