Feeding a Rubber Lip Pleco

[kll1221]

any tips on keeping him fed? He looks hungry and I put algae wafers in the tank but the cories eat those up. I try to put them right near him too.

Thanks

oh and why do people always put the * where the e is in pleco?

 

[FreshwaterJeff]

Can't answer the first question, but people write pl*co because there's an old superstition that spelling out "pleco" is bad luck (and causes untimely death) for your plecos...

 

[Pure]

It is an old internet superstition. It was believed that if you spelled the name out completely you would kill the fish. Fact of the matter was that people posting on the net about them was and still is mostly asking for advice, and back when the whole * thing started people knew very little about them thus it normally ended in a bad way for the fish regardless of spelling the name out or not.

Feed him algae tabs after lights out, also you can geed him blanched cucumber (very little food value) zucchini, potato. Chances are as he becomes more accustomed to life in your tank he will eat flake with the rest of the crew when you feed.

Is his tummy sunken in?

 

[jobeak]

I feed mine slices Zucchini (Corgette) lightly cooked. He only eats the middle of it so you will have to remove any left overs when he's finished. Mine was the same when I got him, but after I started feeding him zucchini, he started going around the bottom of the tank eating the left over flakes as well.

 

[Methylx]

Do you know how many xPl*xcoS you killed saying that!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tessalion]

wow..thats a random superstition, then again i suppose most are. it just amazes me how if one looks hard enough they can find or create superstitions in just about anything

 

[Pure]

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If you can't tell I don't play into silly superstitions.

 

[tessalion]

*twirlysmi I thought about doing that Pure...then i decided against it because i dont have or plan on having plecos anytime soon and thus wouldnt be proving anything other than showing just how much time i have on my hands to waste...

 

[kll1221]

LoL Pure

 

[Pure]

Meh least I get paid for my free time.

I do have plenty of plecos. more than I would like to think about, and I can promise you not one of them just bought the farm.

 

[tessalion]

im getting paid for this "forced" free time at the very moment... (forced meaning if i hadnt had to be at work at 7, i would still be in bed...)