Whats Best??

Subject: Whats Best?? Fri Dec 26, 2008 5:56 pm

What does your plec favour??? are there some type's of food h/she wont and will touch???

Let us no!!!!!!!!

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:20 pm

So Far all I have tried to feed my b/n's is Zucchini and as for that they eat from the insides to the out and leave the skin alone. They eat Algea wafers and anything else I drop in there.

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:25 pm

JacobkGreen wrote:: So Far all I have tried to feed my b/n's is Zucchini and as for that they eat from the insides to the out and leave the skin alone. They eat Algea wafers and anything else I drop in there.

ive just feed my L182 some cucumber and he seems to like it........result... Very Happy

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:28 pm

My Bristlenose plecs seem to be happy eating flakes at the moment, maybe it's time I tried something from the veggie list and give them a treat Very Happy

Do Bristlenose eat other fish babies because I seem to have a few babies from other tank mates appearing now?

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:11 pm

no mate what i try with them, they always eat it,

i have tried mushrooms, squash, courgette, cucumber, peas(take them out of skin), lettuce, sweet potato,

but there favourite is lobster eggs they love them cheers

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:24 pm

"L Number mad wrote:: no mate what i try with them, they always eat it,

i have tried mushrooms, squash, courgette, cucumber, peas(take them out of skin), lettuce, sweet potato,

but there favourite is lobster eggs they love them

OK, may be a numpty question, but where can I get lobster eggs from?? Fancy giving ours a try on them Smile

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:16 pm

i get them in frozen form, wish i could get fresh but no sooner do they come in they are sold out

the supplier i use is midland waterlife.com they cost £2.25

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:42 pm

Mine likes zuchini and algae wafers, they sometimes nibble on a shrimp pellet and they will Not touch cucumber. I can't see why they don't like the cucumber cause it looks similar to the zuchini. Fussy little plecs, aren't they Laughing

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:43 pm

waste your time buying cucumber as its nearly all water sumit like 80-90%

buy some courgette instead more nutrition

Dane

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:55 pm

Dane wrote:: waste your time buying cucumber as its nearly all water sumit like 80-90%

buy some courgette instead more nutrition

Dane

They know better than me then, cause they ate their zuchini but not cucumber. I only bought it once, now I only buy the zuchini Smile

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:19 pm

i feed mine on Algea Wafers, Courgette (Zucchi), Bloodworm, lettuce, Sweet Potatoe and Lobster eggs every now and then for coditioning them

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:59 pm

bloodworm lettuce where can i purchase this from?

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Sun Feb 08, 2009 9:37 pm

"L Number mad wrote:: bloodworm lettuce where can i purchase this from?

i have edited my mistake

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:20 pm

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:07 pm

What else can I feed my bristlenoses besides zuchini, someone once mentioned some sweet potato (kumara)

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:20 pm

I Love Fish wrote:: What else can I feed my bristlenoses besides zuchini, someone once mentioned some sweet potato (kumara)

check this list out jacob posted....
http://www.bristlenoseworld.com/feeding-time-f6/pleco-veggie-list-t69.htm

hope it helps......... Smile

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:45 pm

Curby wrote:

I Love Fish wrote:: What else can I feed my bristlenoses besides zuchini, someone once mentioned some sweet potato (kumara)

check this list out jacob posted....
http://www.bristlenoseworld.com/feeding-time-f6/pleco-veggie-list-t69.htm

hope it helps......... Smile

Thanks, that is a great list. My bristlenoses are in for a treat Smile

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:09 pm

tried mine with kiwi fruit today and they seem to like it cheers

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:36 pm

Of course they would, it is high in vitamins c and comes from the best country in the world Very Happy

(proud kiwi right here lol!

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Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:15 pm

I Love Fish wrote:: Of course they would, it is high in vitamins c and comes from the best country in the world (proud kiwi right here )

i will give it a go then....... Smile

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:36 pm

After a visit to Bolton Aquarium (a behind the scenes tour .... fantastic!) we discovered that they like peaches and nectarines ........... now we throw half in with the stone, and they eat it over a coupla days. We leave the stone in too and they love to have a gnaw on that too Smile

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:44 pm

Angi-N-Wayne wrote:: After a visit to Bolton Aquarium (a behind the scenes tour .... fantastic!) we discovered that they like peaches and nectarines ........... now we throw half in with the stone, and they eat it over a coupla days. We leave the stone in too and they love to have a gnaw on that too

think i might give it a go

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:59 pm

816johnv wrote:

Angi-N-Wayne wrote:: After a visit to Bolton Aquarium (a behind the scenes tour .... fantastic!) we discovered that they like peaches and nectarines ........... now we throw half in with the stone, and they eat it over a coupla days. We leave the stone in too and they love to have a gnaw on that too

think i might give it a go

What the guys said to us was that they should eat most things as they would fall into the river naturally.

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:24 pm

i feed all my plecos algae waffers plus sweet potato i find that it lasts the longest in the water without going off plus shrimp pellets + blood worms are the best for conditioning your females to spawn

Subject: Re: Whats Best?? Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:10 pm

Does anybody find that if algae wafers drift in between rocks n that, they go all manky and moldy and its only when you have a little clean out that you find them...
I think i will stick to veggie's Very Happy

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