L200 not eating propperly

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Chris helland
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Re: L200 not eating propperly

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Just a quick update, the gravel I was using turns out to be som sort of plant soil, so it was probably carrying a lot of bad bacteria from over time, changed that out with sand today, checked the ph with a sersa drop test instead of this shity ph pen.

Turns out the ph is between 6,5-7,0, and that is okey. The temp was 29-30, so I’m turning that down to 26-27 to se if that will help, removed all the stone except 2 so the new wood doesn’t float up.

Hoping on som better food response now, they are supposed to throw them selfs at the potatoes.. I’m just praying and hoping now

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Re: L200 not eating propperly

Post by MonsterFishMonger »

I advise you all to purchase some repashy superfoods. It serves multiple purposes for a great base of making and serving any food to wild caughts. I was unsure if mine were eating and if they were who was and who wasn’t. But with the repashy the means to mix in fruits and veggies is easier and can be supplemented with the other ingredients. And you can cover many diff rocks and wood with it and guarantees you have enuff surface area to feed your plecos as well as you can medicate easily as well. I find that my L200s and my L128s will eat when lights are out and there is no motion or noises around the tank as well. I have approximately 14 in full total so being able to feed them all and figuring out who is eating and who isn’t is tough so all I can do is watch belly size and weight when they hit the glass or out swimming around. Repashy has made feeding my plecs so much easier as when I got mine I wasted many wafers and sinking pellets trying to feed them and was only fouling my water more frequently. Goodluck
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Chris helland
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Location 1: Norway
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Re: L200 not eating propperly

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Got dom repashy 1 week ago, supposed to be fantastic for green eaters. The first pice was touched a bit but dissent look to fall in taste, the second one I could not located the other day.

I’ve seen som frightening white poop floating around. I rly didn’t like that, might do som more rounds with medication.
Lowering the ph and temp to 26-27. That helped a lot on the activety, they are a lot more on the glass and all a round
-Chris
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