Hypostomus (Cochliodon) cochliodon diet?

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 09 Apr 2003, 01:22

Hi!

Since i added my Fly-River-turtle to my big tank which houses 3 different kinds of Hypostomus (Cochliodon) cochliodon im worrying about their diet. As the turtle is solely eating meaty foods (trout, other fresh/frozen fish, gamarus, shrimps) the plecos are all over these foods. As usual i feed zucchinis and potatoes but they leave them aside for the meaty foods. I know they are wood/greens eaters and so the preference really wonders me as in their natural habitat i guess there are remains of dead fish, crustaceans they could eat...?

Plec0maniac · Post by **Plec0maniac** » 09 Apr 2003, 13:37

hi! Cochliodons eat anything, mine eats squash, zucchini, bloodworms, fishes, fresh shrimp, algae wafers, and tablets... Don;t worry I think that they would happily eat the left overs of your pig-nose turtle

TKP · Post by **TKP** » 09 Apr 2003, 16:35

becareful of your Fly-River-turtle ,they will bite your pleco when hungry.

Plec0maniac · Post by **Plec0maniac** » 09 Apr 2003, 17:32

yeah TKP is right, I forgot about a fly-river turtles appetite

One thing you could do, you could add small feeder goldfishes in your tank so that if your pet turtle will get hungry, he could chow on your feeders

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 09 Apr 2003, 19:04

Hi!

As the turtle is still small i guess thats not much of a problem yet...i had corys in there and none got lost...now theres three Hoplos in there and the turtle shows no interest in living fish. I wonder how she could catch freeswimmers if she cant catch bottomdwellers? Ill see how it works out.