A few quick questions.

[exhumed07]

I was just wanting to know how fast a pleco grows? a butterfly pleco to be exact. And also I have 2 dojo loaches. an albilo and a regular. Now if by chance one is a female and the other male. What is the liklyhood of them spawning?

 

[UP UP AND GUPPY]

Well it truly depends on how well you feed it. But I know that a pleco usually grows about 3" in a year if fed right, and even more if fed very very well.

 

[exhumed07]

how do u mean very very well? I put a flake in the tank and it takes 3 days for it to eat the whole thing.

 

[tubbs24]

you put a wha in the tank???

but anyways, fed very very well means like algea wafers and veggies like cucumbers or i think zuccini

 

[UP UP AND GUPPY]

Well people feed their plecos an "array" of foods so they grow very quickly, but feeding 1 time a food causes the grow quick but not as quick. For example, I have two plecos, that I got at the same time and same size. If I had them in seperate tanks and fed one only sinking pellets or wafers and he only grows 2" in the first year. The other one I feed wafers, zuccini, greens and whatever else, and he grows 4" in the year. The one that had more variety grw larger.

 

[UP UP AND GUPPY]

Tell me if I confused you.

 

[UP UP AND GUPPY]

Yeah, what did you put in the tank, I dont think I read that right.

 

[tubbs24]

O, and wood. Some plecos LOVE driftwood in the tank. But make sure you treat it before puting it in the tank.

 

[exhumed07]

I just give it algea waffers. one about the size of your thumbnail takes it about 3 days to eat and the other fish help it. but this pleco is only about 3 inches long.

 

[UP UP AND GUPPY]

I put a **** in the tank

That does not say algae waffers. But I 3 days for him to eat that. I had a 3 inch pleco and it took him only a day in a half to finish it off, the same size.

 

[exhumed07]

sorry but I was talking to a friend on messenger but she keeps calling me an a hole and I'm not! I'm a D Head! lol But anyway on the topic at hand what are all the safe things I can feed my pleco?

 

[bala_aquarium]

zuchinni,i think thats how you spell it

 

[exhumed07]

is that the only thing or can I give it something else? I just want the healthiest things for the fish.

 

[Pure]

You need to know what pleco you have. Currently there are 2 that go by that common name. Easy way to tell is if it quickly changes color when stressed or at night then it is probably a L168. If not it could be an L052

Both eat veggies and should be provided a mixed diet, but L052 will require some meaty foods as well.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loricari/dekeyser/983_F.PHP
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loricari/dekeyser/706_F.PHP

 

[1979camaro]

i'm moving this to the bottomfeeders section

 

[exhumed07]

the web site gave me no new info. I'm not sure what kind of pleco I have. it is black with lil yellow spots. If I ever figure out how to get pics up on this site I'll put some up to show you what it is. The whole L168 and L052 don't tell me a whole lot.

 

[Lotus]

Is this what you have: http://www.loaches.com/species_pages/gastromyzon_punctulatus.html (or something that looks similar)?