YellowGuppy
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I maintain the aquarium at my workplace; it's not 100% ideal yet, but I'm making progress gradually to make it the best it can be.
One question I have is how much to feed a single bristlenosed pleco. Because it's my workplace I don't have reliable access to fresh veggie scraps, nor the time to drop in a meal and then go collect the leftovers a few hours later, so this little guy gets mostly just prepared wafers. Again, I know—not perfect.
The pleco is fully grown but not gigantic, maybe 4" or so. We feed Tetra wafers, which I think are relatively standard sized (not micro wafers or whatever). I feel like the usual "as much as the fish can eat in a couple minutes" rule doesn't really apply for bottom feeders, nor do I have the time to sit around and watch him eat - I've got stuff to do while I'm at work!
How many would you toss in, and how often?
One question I have is how much to feed a single bristlenosed pleco. Because it's my workplace I don't have reliable access to fresh veggie scraps, nor the time to drop in a meal and then go collect the leftovers a few hours later, so this little guy gets mostly just prepared wafers. Again, I know—not perfect.
The pleco is fully grown but not gigantic, maybe 4" or so. We feed Tetra wafers, which I think are relatively standard sized (not micro wafers or whatever). I feel like the usual "as much as the fish can eat in a couple minutes" rule doesn't really apply for bottom feeders, nor do I have the time to sit around and watch him eat - I've got stuff to do while I'm at work!
How many would you toss in, and how often?