killing plecosotmus's

can not seem to keep them alive but no problems with the african cichlids

the hifin, feeding the same thing my cichlids are, should i be adding something else for them?

Ph is not suppose to be a problem if they get acclimated well.
I have L46s that came from a 6.4-6.8 ph that are now in a Texas water hard as rock ph lol...

They can adapt well. Also check what kind of pleco you have and what kind of diet they need. Most Hypans are meat eaters, most ancistrus are veggie eaters and there are wood eating panaques.

Look it up here: ---> http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/numbers.php?mode=l&thumbs=16

high fin i believe

you may want to get some algae waffers and a peice of wood for the tank.

jcsmit7 wrote:

can not seem to keep them alive but no problems with the african cichlids

I have the oppisite problem. not that I try to kill them...just always seem to be the strong ones that adapt to water faster.

my mother in law uses plecos to keep horse trophs clean so im preety sure they can live any were, where there is food

this isn't the first one that has died on me, had some red top hongi's kill a 6 inch pleco one time, all i found of him was his skull.

o wow lol

the worst time was when i had a heater go out on a 77 gallon aquarium killing the pleco and 4 of the cichlids in there. wasn't to hurt about the pleco but the 4 cichlids at 16 a peice was not a nice suprise to wake up to.

jcsmit7 wrote:

this isn't the first one that has died on me, had some red top hongi's kill a 6 inch pleco one time, all i found of him was his skull.

Once a cichlid learns how to kill a pleco you can never keep plecos in with them again, they will just kill it.

x2 My Wild Caught Colony of Mobas has killed atleast 6 full grown (4-5") Bristlenose Pleco. I bought an 8 incher unknown wild caught BN and they would not even touch it lol!

It's very easy for a fish to recognize and kill an enemy. If the fish is unknown, they are weary of it for some time.

Fern wrote:

jcsmit7 wrote:

this isn't the first one that has died on me, had some red top hongi's kill a 6 inch pleco one time, all i found of him was his skull.

Once a cichlid learns how to kill a pleco you can never keep plecos in with them again, they will just kill it.

cold blooded killing machines!

High pH and hard water are not good for plecostomos cats

if u wanna make a trip to houston ill give u one of mine i have about 3 im guessing common plecos that are about 18in and those are the hardiestt ones i have ever owned i dont think u could kill them if u wanted. i recently moved and took down my tanks got to the new house filled he tanks up through those suckers in there and they are still going strong

Wow, usually plecos can survive ANYTHING! My gpa accidently left my lightbulb on for 3 days (camping) on a 10g and the temp read 103 when I got to it. Smelled like fish soup lol! Dumped everything out onto the lawn and saw him still squirming. To this date, he is 9" in cousins tank and has survive vicious attacks from Red Devil.

Another story I have is my neighbor when I was 10. His pleco in his pond killed 3 fish so he threw it out on the ground. 2 days later, still alive. Took a hammer and beat it to death.