my l191 won't touch veggis

[angryinsect]

i know hes eating cause i'm siphoning pleco poop almost daily, but he doesn't touch any of the veggis i offer him(peas,yam,zuch). there is lots of wood for him to munch on. but i worry that his diet is not varied enough. do i have cause for worry or am i just makin myself crazy

cheers
Jordan

[2wheelsx2]

If you see poop and his stomach is not hollow he's fine. Did you recently get him? If so, it might take a while for him to settle down and eat veggies. Are you offering him veggies after lights out?

[mikebike]

Try Romain lettuce sunk down to the bottom of the tank.
a fork will work well to hold it down.
Put it in in the late afternoon and remove it the next afternoon to replace it with more.

[Shiyuu]

I just fed my pleco with thin slice of pineapple, and he's actually eating it~~
I hope my upside-down will eat some too~ heheheh~

[Brisch]

I feed my plecos a zucchini a week, and I leave it in there until it is gone, only takes 2-3 days to eat. My other fish pick at it too. If his eyes are sunken he's being stressed, if his stomach is sunken he's not eating. Charles taught me that rule. I find weighing it down works better then clipping it cause they are more likely to eat off the ground then the wall

[mikebike]

I have some 4" brass coloured paper clips availible to weigh down vegies.
5 4-inch long in a package for $1

Call Mike in S Surrey 604 535 9063

[angryinsect]

If you see poop and his stomach is not hollow he's fine. Did you recently get him? If so, it might take a while for him to settle down and eat veggies. Are you offering him veggies after lights out?

i've had him for a couple of weeks. food is alway available, i leave it in for 24 hours then remove it

I feed my plecos a zucchini a week, and I leave it in there until it is gone, only takes 2-3 days to eat. My other fish pick at it too. If his eyes are sunken he's being stressed, if his stomach is sunken he's not eating. Charles taught me that rule. I find weighing it down works better then clipping it cause they are more likely to eat off the ground then the wall

no sunken eyes or belly. food is either weighed down with a fork or elastic banded to a rock.


its not that he isn't eating, he just he has no interest in veggis and i am concerned that a diet of just wood is not enough to keep him healthy

[charles]

I found that the bigger the fish, the harder to see it eats.

I can see my L190 coming out to devour a piece of yam. But when I want to see the 12" panaque eats, I have to come with a flash light in darkness, then I see it eats. As soon as I turn on the light, it will go back to guard its hiding spot.

[2wheelsx2]

True what Charles says, I've never seen my BEP eat except once. However, I do see my big L190 eat once in a while for some strange reason, but only earthworm sticks. Never see him eat veggies unless I surprise him at night. Might be the size thing.

[Brisch]

my 11" watermelon never eats, for some reason I turn the lights on in the morning and my zucchini will be gone. Simply vanishes......then poop appears....its wierd XD