Oscar + tank pics
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Thanks, Pure...I got him at PetSmart.
He was about 1.5" (TL) back in June of '07, and now he's about 10.0" (TL).
A year or so ago I had a 55 gal. tank setup with a pair which spawned once, but that involved a different male who has since been parted with.
I've had the current male salvini since November of '07, and he's grown from about 1.5" (TL) to roughly 6.0" (TL).
BV
He was about 1.5" (TL) back in June of '07, and now he's about 10.0" (TL).
A year or so ago I had a 55 gal. tank setup with a pair which spawned once, but that involved a different male who has since been parted with.
I've had the current male salvini since November of '07, and he's grown from about 1.5" (TL) to roughly 6.0" (TL).
BV
Well...ahem...you may be somewhat shocked and dismayed by this, but that 4" peppermint pleco listed in my sig. has been living with these two brutes for at least a month now (I had him in a different tank a couple months prior to moving him into this one). I don't know how he survives, to be honest. 
Moving him there was done to free up tankspace for my blue crayfish growouts. Not an ideal scenario for the pleco. Sounds terrible, but I fully expected to see him sticking out of the oscar's mouth one day. Yet somehow he has made his home in that cave on the right side of the tank. I've seen him in the middle of it before, and he just darts into some nook or cranny whenever one of the cichlids swims near him or he gets spooked.
As messy as those cichlids are, I figure he's been getting enough food by scavenging on the bottom of the tank---I always feed on the pleco's cave side of the tank. Plus, I do occasionally drop sinking foods in there for him after lights-out. Of course I don't want him to starve to death, and he seems to be doing okay thus far.
Pure...am I a horrible pleco keeper?
BV
Moving him there was done to free up tankspace for my blue crayfish growouts. Not an ideal scenario for the pleco. Sounds terrible, but I fully expected to see him sticking out of the oscar's mouth one day. Yet somehow he has made his home in that cave on the right side of the tank. I've seen him in the middle of it before, and he just darts into some nook or cranny whenever one of the cichlids swims near him or he gets spooked.
As messy as those cichlids are, I figure he's been getting enough food by scavenging on the bottom of the tank---I always feed on the pleco's cave side of the tank. Plus, I do occasionally drop sinking foods in there for him after lights-out. Of course I don't want him to starve to death, and he seems to be doing okay thus far.
Pure...am I a horrible pleco keeper?
BV
lol naw, we often have to make due with a less than ideal situations due to what ever reason. It sucks, but there isn't much you can do about it. Look at it this way, if he gets eaten you are just matching his natural habitat better.
If he is a L183 (peppermint pleco) the left over scraps are good for him. Even though 183s are ancistrus (bn) they require more meat in their diet.
If he is a L183 (peppermint pleco) the left over scraps are good for him. Even though 183s are ancistrus (bn) they require more meat in their diet.
