Living environment For an Albino common Plec

Paladindjinn · Post by **Paladindjinn** » 04 Jun 2004, 00:26

Hi, i have a 46 gallon bowfront Populated by 2 P. Hypopthalmus's, and a 10" Albino Plec. The Tank is currently empty due to the skittishness of the Sharks, but the plec seems so saddened due to lack of hiding spaces. I was wondering what i could put in there for a place for him to hide. I would use some driftwood, but the only close body of water is a horribly polluted tributary of the charles river in massachusetts. Is there any reliable online retailer of driftwood preconditioned(boiled and what not to remove anything toxic to fish) that i might be able to go to, or maybe something else i could get for him to hide under. Also he doesn't seem to be eating but then again he doesn't seem to be starving. Any certain food i could get that he would be interested in?

Sorry if anything i asked has been covered somewhere, i am new to owning an aquarium and trying to learn.

Post by **Silurus** » 04 Jun 2004, 02:38

You can break a large clay flowerpot in half and use that instead of driftwood.

Paladindjinn · Post by **Paladindjinn** » 04 Jun 2004, 02:46

Yea that sounds kool. Should i clean anythin off it some times new ones got like power of somethin on them. I was just thinkin bout driftwood cause i have read in several psots some plec's like to eat it, or maybe like moss or somethin that can grow on it.

pturley · Post by **pturley** » 04 Jun 2004, 02:51

Also he doesn't seem to be eating but then again he doesn't seem to be starving. Any certain food i could get that he would be interested in?

You could try a couple of clams raw on the half-shell. That'll likely do it.