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PostSubject: Plant eating fish   Plant eating fish Icon_minitime9/6/2011, 11:51 am

Hey ppl

Having problems in one of my planted tanks, containing; plecos, silver sharks, upside down catfish, black ghost, loaches, siamese algae eaters.

Who do you think is the culprit ? , Thxs ..
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PostSubject: Re: Plant eating fish   Plant eating fish Icon_minitime9/6/2011, 11:59 am

could be the pleco or silver shark. is the silver shark a bala shark?
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PostSubject: Re: Plant eating fish   Plant eating fish Icon_minitime9/6/2011, 12:21 pm

Yeah Bala shark -
So you think its either the bala or the pleco ?
Btw, also forgot to mention , have some kribensis cichlids also.
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PostSubject: Re: Plant eating fish   Plant eating fish Icon_minitime9/6/2011, 12:29 pm

I would lean toward the first 2 listed. Kribs should be fine with plants.
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PostSubject: Re: Plant eating fish   Plant eating fish Icon_minitime9/6/2011, 12:32 pm

I had some algae eaters in my 40g and a lot of my java fern started to disappear i dont know if they ate it or it just died quickly :/
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PostSubject: Re: Plant eating fish   Plant eating fish Icon_minitime9/6/2011, 12:59 pm

What do the plants look like? What type of problems are you seeing on them?

Any recent changes on the tank or setup?
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PostSubject: Re: Plant eating fish   Plant eating fish Icon_minitime9/6/2011, 5:04 pm

pleco! what type of placo, and kribs are fine with a planted tank, if they have a cave or they will start digging and up rooting plants.
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PostSubject: Re: Plant eating fish   Plant eating fish Icon_minitime9/8/2011, 4:29 am

Hmm Alrite. No recent changes. Well i removed the plecos and silver sharks- 2 days now My plants seem fine. Hope they continue to go strong ! :D
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PostSubject: Re: Plant eating fish   Plant eating fish Icon_minitime9/8/2011, 11:03 am

The only problem I've had with the Plecos is that they damage 'weak stemmed' plants. Seem to do fine with plants like Swords, onions, and even Annacharis.

The Bala sharks will take one look at a plant and say 'yum' fish
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PostSubject: Re: Plant eating fish   Plant eating fish Icon_minitime9/9/2011, 10:34 am

Lol ! "The Bala sharks will take one look at a plant and say 'yum' fish" crazy fish ate many of my plants :S
Btw upside down catfish or some varieties of catfishes , do they eat plants ??
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PostSubject: Re: Plant eating fish   Plant eating fish Icon_minitime9/14/2011, 12:17 pm

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PostSubject: Re: Plant eating fish   Plant eating fish Icon_minitime9/18/2011, 12:14 pm

I have had no problems with cory catfish and 'deep rooted' plants. They won't eat them - but they'll root up shallow-rooted plants.
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PostSubject: Re: Plant eating fish   Plant eating fish Icon_minitime9/18/2011, 5:48 pm

i have acaras they love to eat plants
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PostSubject: Re: Plant eating fish   Plant eating fish Icon_minitime10/19/2011, 7:48 pm

I had some clowns, kubotai, and yoyo's with a
"common pleco"... long story short they destroyed
the place.. someone punched holes all the way up and
down the java ferns inbetween the veins...

What loaches are you keeping? any pictures?? -peace JT
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PostSubject: Re: Plant eating fish   Plant eating fish Icon_minitime10/20/2011, 7:59 am

I know it's a bit older post but....

None of the fishies on your list are really plant eaters. ;o)
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PostSubject: Re: Plant eating fish   Plant eating fish Icon_minitime2/14/2012, 12:12 pm

NajaAkaDoa wrote:
I had some clowns, kubotai, and yoyo's with a
"common pleco"... long story short they destroyed
the place.. someone punched holes all the way up and
down the java ferns inbetween the veins...

What loaches are you keeping? any pictures?? -peace JT

Well I have clowns(but just removed them), I still have 5 yoyo loaches, 3 Blue loaches.. I am not sure if the cause problems. But I seen my Black ghost fish break some plant stems O.o - And i have 2 of em , one over 30 cm - Don't want to move them out :S..
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