maddie
Member
Hi,
I got my first tank (20 gallon) 2 weeks ago, and after 1 week of cycling it I got 2 platys. A week after that (1 day ago) I got 1 rubberlip pleco (he is about 2" now, can grow up to around 6-7"). I am afraid of him starving because he is not eating. I tried putting 1/2 algae wafer in the tank, but the platys ate it all! This happened a couple more times, and now I have fat platys and possibly a hungry pleco. Can I try to give him another piece of wafer (maybe overnight since he is nocturnal), or will this be overfeeding my platys if they eat it first? He seems to be sucking on the walls but I'm not sure if he is eating algae (I don't see any, and I don't know if the tank could get algae this quickly?) or just climbing up the walls using his lips. Should I be worried? Any suggestions? Thanks so much!!
I got my first tank (20 gallon) 2 weeks ago, and after 1 week of cycling it I got 2 platys. A week after that (1 day ago) I got 1 rubberlip pleco (he is about 2" now, can grow up to around 6-7"). I am afraid of him starving because he is not eating. I tried putting 1/2 algae wafer in the tank, but the platys ate it all! This happened a couple more times, and now I have fat platys and possibly a hungry pleco. Can I try to give him another piece of wafer (maybe overnight since he is nocturnal), or will this be overfeeding my platys if they eat it first? He seems to be sucking on the walls but I'm not sure if he is eating algae (I don't see any, and I don't know if the tank could get algae this quickly?) or just climbing up the walls using his lips. Should I be worried? Any suggestions? Thanks so much!!