Plecos

My plec used to change colour. It eventually turned from a brown to an orange colour.
It only turned grey or faded when it was still small and also when it was stressed.
However the bigger it grew the more it kept its colour but it also became more aggressive.
You dont think it maybe stressed in any way?
My plec also seemed better once i kept it in softer water.

 

One will do fine, males are aggressive towards each other, females and juveniles do tolerate each other. Ancistrus will eat more algae on a good day than any other pleco in a lifetime. As Henk said you have to supplement its diet else your plants will get it, this is very important.

In such a big tank drop its food in the same spot each day until it is used to you, pretty soon it will come join the other fish at feeding time waiting for its snack.

 

Thanks, will give it a try.

 

Bretnorm - i would keep 1 male to say 2 or 3 females. you can feed it half a baby marrow that you have weighted down with a fork or something but not lead or copper.

VarkVleisie - it could be stress, do you have hiding space for it? is it being bullied by any of the otehr fish?

 

i have had my bristle noses for awhile and they do an amazing job as henk say aswell as they do not increase in size as quick as many of the other plecos do so they are sutiable for all aquaria i even found that they are one of the excptions to add with malawis

 

no no no. do NOT add softwater fish like plecos or any other asian/south american/west african fish with malawis! they WILL eventually die due to the high PH and the hardness

 

Agreed 100% with Henk; can't chuck a softwater fish into a hard water tank...the fish will definitely die. Plecos are very hardy fish, but as soon as pH & dH starts creeping up, they aren't happy chappies

Cheers
Dale

 

Oh ok them i shall not do so im still expermenting so we live nd we learn

 

its always good to invest in 1 GOOD book. i would say the best book for fish profiles would have to be Baensch Aquarium Atlast Photo index 1 - 5. well worth the R400 odd it costs.

 

The malawis where not mine he where my grans and the bristle nose has actualy done extremly well.nd so you know i have about 7 books in total.

 

I would really take a look at the Baensch atlas... its the one book all aquarists should either own or have access to....

 

ill do hat then

 

How do you import the fish?

 

Hey Wingman001 - take a look here, I'm sure it'll help....

http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/showthread.php?t=498

 

Cool, thanks

 

Hi there

How do I get a hold of the importers?

 

Try Altum....

 

you dont - the shops/retailers buy from them... ie Altum buys from Aqua Pet (whole saler) and sell to you...

 

I know this thread is VERYVERY old , But .
@Bobeyente and @Henk Hugo - Can either of you still get exotic Plecos ?

 

Oh i just love Pleco's.... I always wanted the blue eyes pleco