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- From: mdkj@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
- Subject: Re: Pleco food
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.212631.16607@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 21:26:31 EST
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- In article <31309@nntp_server.ems.cdc.com>,
- ghart@ems.cdc.com (Geoffrey Hart) writes:
- > I've fed mine cooked zuchini, frozen peas and tabimin, and the plecos like
- > the zuchini the best (I'd slice it up, freeze it, then nuke about three
- > slices twice a week). Currently, I'm trying canned spinach (Popeye brand
- > :-). My whiptails seem to like it, but I haven't seen my other plecos
- > really go after it (my bristle nose is mostly active at night, and my
- > chinese butterflies seem to stay on the glass exclusively). Also, my
- > chinese algae eaters like it, and my bronze corys *love* it (that
- > surprised me :-). I'm going to try the daily spinach, with a tabimin,
- > and maybe a weekly zuchini supplement (the spinach is much easier to deal
- > with, just open a can, put it in a resealable container in the frige, and
- > put in a good size pinch daily. It sinks to where my corys and whiptails
- > can find it. Snails like it too).
- >
- > I also want to try some new "algae wafers" (something like that) I heard
- > about at the pet shop the other day.
-
- Why do you cook/zap the zuchini? I have been feeding my two panaque plecos
- fresh zuchini every day for over a year, and they are doing great. In fact,
- it's even easier than canned spinach: cut off a slice, put on the lead weight,
- drop it in... remove after 24 hours, that's it :-)
- This pleco dinner discussion is interesting, I'm going to try some of those
- foods on mine too (some variety in the diet can't hurt). I like the sinking
- string beans idea. However, I'm not convinced by the cucumber. I tried it
- once (after all it looks like zuchini...), but it spoils quickly once in the
- water.
-
- John Opsomer
-