A long time ago I had a common pleco in my aquarium with a couple of jaguar cichlids. It grew fairly large and I really liked the look of it. So I decided to get a pleco for my new aquarium and I wanted something colorful so I bought a gold nugget pleco (wow... too expensive!). Little did I know that I would never see the thing. We have a large statue in the aquarium and the pleco hides inside of it all day.
How do I even know if it's eating? So I did some reading and decided to start feeding it slices of blanched cucumber. Last night, I put the cucumber directly inside of the statue and turned off the lights. After about twenty minutes, I looked into the aquarium and sure enough, it was eating. As soon as it realized that it was being watched, it darted back up inside the statue. So, in the last week, I've seen my expensive new fish exactly once, in the dark, for about three seconds.
I'm hoping that it will outgrow the statue at some point. We do have a large chunk of driftwood in the aquarium which I thought the pleco would like. Don't really want to remove the statue since it is sort of the centerpiece of the aquarium décor.
Any long-term experiences with gold nugget plecos?
How do I even know if it's eating? So I did some reading and decided to start feeding it slices of blanched cucumber. Last night, I put the cucumber directly inside of the statue and turned off the lights. After about twenty minutes, I looked into the aquarium and sure enough, it was eating. As soon as it realized that it was being watched, it darted back up inside the statue. So, in the last week, I've seen my expensive new fish exactly once, in the dark, for about three seconds.
I'm hoping that it will outgrow the statue at some point. We do have a large chunk of driftwood in the aquarium which I thought the pleco would like. Don't really want to remove the statue since it is sort of the centerpiece of the aquarium décor.
Any long-term experiences with gold nugget plecos?