Patwa
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hey All,
Basically i'm contrasting the Common Pleco with higher-end plecos (the L numbered ones such as the Gold Nugget, Zebra, Vampire, Purple, Bulldog Blue, etc..)
soo....what makes keeping these higher-end plecos so much harder than keeping the common pleco??
I've had a common pleco for a lOng time....he/she finally died after 6 years (had to move to a new house and he didn't make it
BUT...I've also had my fair share of expensive Plecos (all at different times, and none together in the same tank, except for 2 Royals)
I've had 3 Columbian snowballs to 1 gold nugget to 1 tiger pleco, to 2 Royal pLecos (1 died recently, while the other is still alive and kicking to this day..)
anyways....Why do the expensive ones die so easily???
could it be:
-expensive ones do not like other plecos as tank mates??
-need special food (i know plecs like the Zebra rarely eat algae....they're more like omnivores)
-need fast flowing water
-require strict pH
are they soo sensitive that they are basically UNABLE to adapt to new conditions???
I did my best to accomdate these plecos by adhereing to those criteria noted above...really!
i dunnoo...i really love these fish...but they never seem to live beyond 1 week (although my Gold nugget died after about 6 or 7 weeks)
any advice??
Zach.
Basically i'm contrasting the Common Pleco with higher-end plecos (the L numbered ones such as the Gold Nugget, Zebra, Vampire, Purple, Bulldog Blue, etc..)
soo....what makes keeping these higher-end plecos so much harder than keeping the common pleco??
I've had a common pleco for a lOng time....he/she finally died after 6 years (had to move to a new house and he didn't make it
BUT...I've also had my fair share of expensive Plecos (all at different times, and none together in the same tank, except for 2 Royals)
I've had 3 Columbian snowballs to 1 gold nugget to 1 tiger pleco, to 2 Royal pLecos (1 died recently, while the other is still alive and kicking to this day..)
anyways....Why do the expensive ones die so easily???
could it be:
-expensive ones do not like other plecos as tank mates??
-need special food (i know plecs like the Zebra rarely eat algae....they're more like omnivores)
-need fast flowing water
-require strict pH
are they soo sensitive that they are basically UNABLE to adapt to new conditions???
I did my best to accomdate these plecos by adhereing to those criteria noted above...really!
i dunnoo...i really love these fish...but they never seem to live beyond 1 week (although my Gold nugget died after about 6 or 7 weeks)
any advice??
Zach.