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Cichlid Kid  Fish Addict Posts: 553 Kudos: 285 Votes: 34 Registered: 22-May-2004   | I need some i deas besides algea(obviosly)and ALGEA WAFERS(ANOther "obviously"  thanks ahead of time Cichlid KID! |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 |      |
| topher02 Enthusiast Posts: 267 Kudos: 365 Votes: 0 Registered: 01-Dec-2003 | With the Pleco you can also feed him vegtables such as potatoes lettuce, spinach, and peas. They will also eat flake most of the time, but should not live off it. Mine loveee  potatoes. When I put it in there, I come back five minutes later and there both on top of it with it almost half gone. But that is just one slice of a potato at a time, maybe one every 2-3 days -topher |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 | |
| agent_alice Hobbyist Posts: 114 Kudos: 115 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Jul-2004  | mine is about 2-3 inches long, how big should the potato slices be? also will it harm my other fish? |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 | |
| topher02 Enthusiast Posts: 267 Kudos: 365 Votes: 0 Registered: 01-Dec-2003 | wash the potato up, peel the skin on the potato and cut a slice just like an average orange slice no bigger the an inch. The potato will not harm any of your other fish, they will also pick at it. The worst it may do is cloud the tank up a bit, and thats if you dont clean it enough. -topher |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 | |
krige  Big Fish Posts: 405 Kudos: 1088 Votes: 377 Registered: 24-Jul-2003  | cucumber is adored by my plec just cut a slice and weight it down with a plant weight or clip and he will go nuts for it. Gibson SG you know you want one!! |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 |  |
| Cichlid Kid Fish Addict Posts: 553 Kudos: 285 Votes: 34 Registered: 22-May-2004 | okay thanks. how does the potatoe thing work as i want to try it. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 | |
| Cichlid Kid Fish Addict Posts: 553 Kudos: 285 Votes: 34 Registered: 22-May-2004 | hi just wondering how often i should feed my common a algea wafer? i put in another wafer to night as the hungry lil`guy i bought didnt seem to well fed from my lfs,and munched up all my wafer from last night. should i just keep doing this until he cant finish the whole wafer so i know he is hungr or should i do another method suggested by you fishlovers? |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 | |
| topher02 Enthusiast Posts: 267 Kudos: 365 Votes: 0 Registered: 01-Dec-2003 | you can give him the waffers every day or two. Once you notice him not eating it all, cut back on feeding. [span class="edited"][Edited by topher02 2004-07-14 20:08][/span] |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 | |
| Curare Enthusiast Posts: 196 Kudos: 130 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jun-2004  | Should you boil the potato?? Just curious. I've got a tiny little pleco, only about an inch long, he loves tomato but really couldn't give two knobs about the spud. Hence my question... |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 |  |
| topher02 Enthusiast Posts: 267 Kudos: 365 Votes: 0 Registered: 01-Dec-2003 | you can boil it but its not nessasary, maybe your little guy will like it better that way. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 | |
| fishnewbie Big Fish Posts: 349 Kudos: 619 Votes: 319 Registered: 01-Apr-2004 | Will ottos eat the same foods? |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 | |
| topher02 Enthusiast Posts: 267 Kudos: 365 Votes: 0 Registered: 01-Dec-2003 | most likely,I dont see why they wouldnt, I think almost any fish would pick at it anyway. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 | |
kitten Fish Guru Meow? Posts: 2266 Kudos: 2194 Votes: 19 Registered: 18-Nov-2003 | My BN plec loved zucchini and was fond of cucumber. There's a post around here somewhere that gives a huge list of fresh foods that plecs love. Not sure where, though. ~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~ |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 | |
| Cichlid Kid Fish Addict Posts: 553 Kudos: 285 Votes: 34 Registered: 22-May-2004 | alright we will see how it goes tonight,as i have tried the potato thingy.i would have tried it sooner but we needed to go to the super market and get some produce so i had my mom pick up a potatoe also i put it in a plastic bag for later use. Cichlid Kid |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 | |
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