Hi all -
I have a 46 gallon aquarium with some Rainbowfish, an Acara cichlid, Blood Parrot cichlid, and some cory catfish. I really like plecos but each one that I've added died. Can't figure out why. Years ago, I had a common pleco and it grew to over a foot long. The ones I have purchased recently were all quite small. But none of my fish are aggressive. They usually hide in the aquarium for a couple of weeks and then turn up dead. I'm afraid that they could be starving to death. But I have driftwood and offer algae wafers. The tank is cleaned regularly - I do 25% changes about three times a month. And it has a Fluval cannister filter. I will say that I keep the lights on only a few hours a day because using a programmed light I had serious algae blooms.
Unfortunately, I've tried about six different plecos - some pretty expensive. Bristlenose, clown, gold spotted, yellow blue-eyed, calico... they've all died. The only thing I haven't tried this time is a common pleco.
Any suggestions??
I have a 46 gallon aquarium with some Rainbowfish, an Acara cichlid, Blood Parrot cichlid, and some cory catfish. I really like plecos but each one that I've added died. Can't figure out why. Years ago, I had a common pleco and it grew to over a foot long. The ones I have purchased recently were all quite small. But none of my fish are aggressive. They usually hide in the aquarium for a couple of weeks and then turn up dead. I'm afraid that they could be starving to death. But I have driftwood and offer algae wafers. The tank is cleaned regularly - I do 25% changes about three times a month. And it has a Fluval cannister filter. I will say that I keep the lights on only a few hours a day because using a programmed light I had serious algae blooms.
Unfortunately, I've tried about six different plecos - some pretty expensive. Bristlenose, clown, gold spotted, yellow blue-eyed, calico... they've all died. The only thing I haven't tried this time is a common pleco.
Any suggestions??