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Posted	sailfin plec
17-06-2007 18:50 by bluboy	yesterday i bought a baby sailfin plec for my community tank and tried it on cucumber which it nibbled at and then got bored of. what can i feed it or will it be ok on the algae. by the way i am aware that they can grow a good 20 inches. any help please. cheers
17-06-2007 19:06 by robert.pope	let it eat the algie! feed it algie wafers from time to time
17-06-2007 19:14 by jigga	mine eats anything and everything. he loves prawns and mussels and will destroy a slice of cucumber in about 10mins. he is about 16"
17-06-2007 19:47 by Jake Casson	Is that my old one jigga? I starve them, them they do their job. Only feed if looks very skinny
17-06-2007 21:26 by netty d	bit harsh jake
18-06-2007 10:03 by telboy	all my plecs eat anything + everything,also agree with netty, bit uncaring jake!
18-06-2007 10:04 by Alan	Make sure you have bogwood in the tank as they need some of the stuff in the bog wood to survive long term. They will also eat bloodworm and the like as they get bigger. My prefered food for sucker mouth cats is frozen potato. All you do is slice up a whole potato and chuck it in the freezer and to feed the fish with it take a slice out the freezer and run it under a hot tap until it is defrosted, it will be rubbery and then just chuck it in the tank providing it has been thoroughly defrosted it will sink. My plecs seek it out so can't be bad and it isn't as messy as cucumber. As far as starving them goes its totally stupid and totally unnecessary!
18-06-2007 10:10 by telboy	blimey we agree on summat alan!
18-06-2007 15:36 by jigga	yes mate it is
18-06-2007 17:28 by bluboy	alan i have 2 bits of bohwood and it 'rasps' away at it. it also sticks itself to the glass.lovely fish. its got its den under a cave ment for kribs
19-06-2007 18:15 by naiad	I hope the thing of starving them is a joke. They are not vacuum cleaners, they need food just like any other fish. I have seen too many starving plecs because they are not fed, or cannot compete with the other fish in the tank. They will eat algae wafers, bogwood, cucumber, potato and bloodworm (not too much of the meaty foods). If the other fish are taking its food, feed it just before turning the lights off at night - it will feed in the dark.

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