Habitat - Indoor :: pleco?

[Daniel3507]

yeah no kidding. he always goes after the biggest fish he can find.

[mat012]

Hey Daniel,

Are you going to get another? My RES ate (or wanted to eat) my female bettas but hasnt touched the mollies, platies, or the pleco in the tank. He might be selective in his dinner preferences It could be a fun experiment over a few weeks/ months to see what fish he likes. Although I think it was Mikee who keeps saying "Turtles eat fish!" Ahh so simple, but I just dont want to believe it.

[Daniel3507]

i dont think im going to get another one. this is the second one ive had and i think im going to end it with 2. if i get a bad algae problem i might think about it though.

[PcBuilder14]

my pleco just got killed by cujo about an hour ago.

OMG - that was fast!

Guess he was hungry!!!!LOL

[Fuzzy Hamster]

I am disappointed to see that there seems to be a trend away from plecos in turtle tanks. I am a big proponent of plecos from my experience with tropical tanks, with one of my past plecos growing from about 2 1/2" to about 6" over a 5 year period until he finally died.

They will also eat missed/left-over pellets as part of their diet which helps keep the water, & filter, cleaner. Of course that doesn't apply if you remove your turtle to feed it.

I suspect that water quality may be an issue where plecos have died prematurely. Either dirty water (insufficient cleaning) or more likely the sudden change in water quality (pH, hardness, ammonia, temp, etc) when a large amount of water is changed out during regular cleaning/maintenance. Our water locally tends to be very hard (high mineral content) with low pH, so I usually need to pre-treat & filter it through a separate container (actually a large bucket) before adding to our tanks.

I intend to continue this practice with Spike's new tank as well as adding at least one small pleco that I hope will 'grow-up' with Spike over the years.

[octpusgirl8]

I'd love to have a pleco in my turtle tank, but i know that the poor thing wouldn't last a day. Turtley investigates (and eats if possible) anything new in his tank, and i would just feel bad seeing it get slowly eaten. I stick with rosies in the turtle tank, when he decides to eat one of them it's a quick affair, and they're a lot cheaper too! I prefer to enjoy my pleco in my planted tank, where he's safe and happy.

[hoojib88]

Strange my turtle never goes after the fish in my tank... I have a sail fin pleco and 5 goldfish. It's wonderful I love it.. Pongo and Lenny are good friends. The only one Pongo bothers is my crawfish. I guess she's just realllyyy curious. It's pretty funny because the crawfish is really cranky and Pongo is a stumblin' bumblin' klutzy fool.

[ratfink]

yeah i got a pleco, i figured henry was gonna eat it but its been about 3 weeks an they are getting along just fine and the algae is under control. although i never fed henry fish, i only didi it twice and only the 1st time did he gobble them up.