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August 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| clown pleco !!!!
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August 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Algae wafers, and cuccumber/zuccini (Microwave the cuccumber/zuccini for 30 seconds prior to adding it to the tank) about 3 times a week. You may find your other fish enjoy the wafers, mine certinately do! | |
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August 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Clown plecos are one of the plecostomus varieties that appreciate having driftwood in the tank. If you're going to get one, be sure to add some wood as well. Quote:
A wood-eating fish, the tank should be decorated with several different types of driftwood. These fish really like to have something to chew on and squash, cucumber, and other vegetables should be readily available to them (yams are a favourite). Supplement two to three times weekly with frozen foods.
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A peaceful fish well suited to the community tank provided it has driftwood. The tank must have good mechanical filtration as these fish produce lots of waste from their steady diet of wood.
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August 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Hi langman, welcome to Fishlore! That is great that you are getting a clown pleco!! They are very cool.
Mine is out and active all the time, although they are supposedly nocturnal.
I feed mine zuch about 3 times a week, nuked as hatchet advised, then either weighed down with a rock, or use a veggie clip with a suction cup. Mine eats the zuch whether it is on the wall of the tank or the bottom. Wash it or peel it if it is not organic, to get rid of any pesticides on it. ( Mine loves to eat the rind)
I also feed Omega one veggie rounds ( at lights out so the other fish don't steal it first); Omega One flakes ( which he loves), pleco pellets and shrimp pellets.
And the driftwood is important, as mathas advised) they love to rasp on it.
Good luck, I hope you enjoy your clown as much as I do!!
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August 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| thanks for the info. how much do you think a small chunk of drift wood cost? | |
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August 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| the petco by me has small pre soaked tannin free chunks of drift would, for under 10 dollars, my clown pleco is always on my mopani would, (same use as dirft wood just different type) mopani is awesome but very dense and it takes forever to get the tannins out of the wood, | |
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August 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| My clown plec has a small piece of driftwood that cost about $7.
I have a huge piece of mopani wood in the rainbow/albino bristlenose plec tank, and it sure is dense, as cody said. I paid $19 for that piece, but I just didn't want to be bothered with the soaking, cleaning etc of a piece of driftwood. Really I don't know how they can even chew it, it is so hard. But they seem to like scooting all around it.
I would just go with the reg driftwood,usually on a small piece of slate. I can actually tell where my clown has rasped , and he does a pretty thorough job!
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August 27th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| so i should look for the pre soaked pice | |
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August 27th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by langman  so i should look for the pre soaked pice | That's entirely up to you.
If you add a piece that hasn't been pre-soaked (either by yourself, or whatever store you purchase from), it will likely leach tannins into the water. Tannins won't harm your fish, but will tint the water a brown color, almost like weak tea. If you choose not to pre-soak, or tannins are released anyway, the regular water changes you'll hopefully be doing as part of your tank maintenance will reduce the brown discoloration to the water. | |
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August 27th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| ok that clears thing up a bit thanks | |
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August 27th, 2008
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| so one more question what should i do to soak my drift wood if its not soaked allready | |
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August 27th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| If the piece you purchase is small enough to fit in a pot, you can boil it to speed the process up. I've not done this route, so I can't tell you how long to boil it for, but it's been answered before if you search.
If the piece you purchase will not fit in a pot, get a bucket. Put the wood in the bucket, fill it with water, and replace the water once it turns brown. Keep doing that until the water stays clear. This process could take several days or weeks, though.
I've never bothered, personally. I've been lucky enough that all the driftwood I have was either pre-soaked, or released the tannins so slowly that I didn't notice any discoloration. | |
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August 27th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| allright i will have to get a pice and do that | |
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August 31st, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| i got my fish and the wood a few days ago so far so good | |
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August 31st, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Enjoy, they are cute little characters. I have had a female clown pleco for two years now. Not any health issues at all. | |
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August 31st, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| Welcome to Fishlore.  Congrats on the new pleco - the clowns are great!  | |
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August 31st, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by voiceless_kat Mine is out and active all the time, although they are supposedly nocturnal. | wow your lucky! i barely ever get to see my clown pleco! | |
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September 1st, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| he is out all the time. he swims around sucking on things. can you tell the sex of a clown pleco?  | |
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September 7th, 2008
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| | Fish Addict
| my clown pleco only eats driftwood. when i didnt have any driftwood (first couple days i had him) i would drop an algea wafer right in front of him and he wouldnt even look at it.
these fish really do poop a lot | |
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