P. Maccus - Clown Pleco Breeding

[krazyGeoff]

whats novafect?

Its a JBL food.

Cheers

[MatsP]

JBL NovoFect:
http://www.jbl.de/factmanager/frame_pag ... l=NovoFect

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Mats

[DJ-don]

I have been looking into foods for the L-104 and I was wondering do the vegetables have to be boiled/cooked? (squash, cucumber, zucchini anything else?)

personally if you boil veges, it may soften them up, but will also remove nutrients and i wouldnt boil cucumber or zucchini because it will just go mushy if you cook it too much.

i would just say give them a good wash then put them in the tank!

[Liquid_Pyro]

Alright great, I already know they love cucumber, I will have to try some sweet potato next...what else?

[MatsP]

I written two articles on the subject of feeding plecos - it can be found by clicking the "articles" link on the side of my posts. There is one on what kinds of food - mainly discussing stuff you can buy in the supermarket and feed to your fishes, and one discussing which genus eats what and how we can have a good idea what they eat.

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Mats

[DJ-don]

I written two articles on the subject of feeding plecos - it can be found by clicking the "articles" link on the side of my posts. There is one on what kinds of food - mainly discussing stuff you can buy in the supermarket and feed to your fishes, and one discussing which genus eats what and how we can have a good idea what they eat.

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Mats

I would say these are 2 great articles Lquid. They are heaps helpful for feeding your pleco.
i must say that my L104's didnt really enjoy sweet potatoe maybe because it was the orange skin colour. will try the ones with purple skin colour

[Liquid_Pyro]

alright, thanks, I think I have read both already before, but I will be sure to read them again!

I had asked in a previous post about clay caves...

"What about clay caves?

Is their an aquarium safe clay that I could get from a craft store? I found one earlier today that cures in you oven, I have tried looking around on the internet but I cant seem to find anything, about whats safe...even looking around on this forum I haven't found much, is there no DIY section or anything if not I am kind of surprised"

Can anyone point me in the right direction with this?

Thanks

[MatsP]

I've never used clay for making caves, but I do know that others have joined the local evening clay/pottery classes and such to make caves and other tank decorations - these are made from proper terracotta or similar clay that is dried and then fired in a kiln. I seem to remember someone talking about airdrying and oven-cured clays some time ago, and since these are intended for children to "play" with, I'd say it should be safe to use in aquarium too.

I make my caves from either wood, bamboo or stone/tile material. With wood, you get a large diameter drill bit (e.g. an Auger style drill bit). For bamboo, you just cut of the right length away from a "segment membrane" (the slight bulge every foot or so is is where the segment membrane is). For stone/tile, you use aquarium safe silicon to stick bits together to whatever shape you want.

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Mats

[Liquid_Pyro]

Alright thanks Mats

I already have 2 different sized wood caves made up, working on the Tile cave, I just thought it might be a good idea to have as much variety as possible, thats why I was asking about the clay caves

[DJ-don]

i find that clay caves do work to a point but they have to be tight.

basically you need caves that are long and tight i think

[Liquid_Pyro]

Well I am a little slow to get going, but I made up 2 log caves and 2 slate caves all of different sizes over the weekend, (will get some pictures soon)

So just letting the silicone dry and the wood sink (hopefully)