Recent content by violetmoon

Yikes! Thats a whole lotta pleco! And yes it's just a common pleco. I guess we should be on the look out for a larger tank in the future then. Which really isn't a bad thing because they are fascinating to watch.

Im hoping I have a handle on their care now, I have read a lot of info on general care so far. They seem to have adapted quite well. They hadn't eaten for the first four days but now seem to eat every little scrap of food. I did get cichlid pellet food for them, which they seem to really like...

The larger one is about four inches, the smaller about three and a half. I really wish I knew more about them from the previous owners. Can you tell their approx age by size?

Haha I totally know what you mean.

Thanks demo, we've been watching a lot of youtube vids today. I bought my oldest a betta four years ago and that was our extent of fish keeping, so its definatly a new learning process. We are going to get some live plants tomorrow and a decoration or two. Im glad I found this forum, there...

Thanks for identifying them. Is there anything special this type of fish needs?

I am very new to fish, tanks etc but am trying to learn fast as we've inherited two fish recently and unfortunatly they were left by a previous tenant so we have no info on them. They were in a tiny ten gallon tank that was covered in a brown rusty looking goo. The filter was full of mold and...