Ugh, jeez, pleco poop

Zoe · 10-18-2006, 09:36 AM

Why didn't anyone warn me that a pleco poop constantly? Yeesh.
That looks just smashing on my nice white sand

Do all plecos make that much waste? I grow tiresome of vacuuming the sand every day.

Puffer Pita · 10-18-2006, 09:49 AM

Yes, plecos are very well known for being huge poop machines with a very high bioload because of that.

dolifisis · 10-18-2006, 12:04 PM

You didn't know about pleco poop?

I've only been here a few weeks and have already seen the warnings!

Zoe · 10-18-2006, 12:12 PM

Well, I knew they produced a lot of waste... I just wasn't prepared for the reality of it... on my white sand...

joe kool · 10-18-2006, 12:50 PM

I use sand as well zoe, if you have a gravle vac you can do what I do every couple days or so. start your siphon adn then pinch off the flow of the hose by folding it on itself. Now you can ease the pinch to let it flow enough to pick the waste off the sand and stir the sand a little but now suck the sand out of the tank

I'm almost afraid to mention it but I've found that the brushynose I have don't have the long stringy poop that wraps all over the place but that may be becouse of their diet. I do know that for a couple days after their zuccini theres' a bit more waste than normal so I make sure to "treat" them a few days before water change. The rubber nose one seem to produce a lot less of that sort of thing also. The "common" pleco is a poop factory and I think they think they are "TPing" (toilet papering) the tank at night (it is gettin close to holloween you know

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Puffer Pita · 10-18-2006, 01:17 PM

All five of my bristlenose plecos almost always have poop kites. They poop a great deal. They eat algae pellets and algae from the tank, along with driftwood. Only occasionally do they get real veggies.

**JustOneMore20** · 10-18-2006, 02:34 PM

This thread is so funny...discussing pleco poop. I only have 1 bristlenose and with my dark substrate (Eco Complete) I rarely see his poop strings. I see them on my driftwood at times (because that is where he lives), but unless I go looking for them on the eco, they are pretty hidden.

Sorry you have to look at the poop on your sand. I know that would drive me crazy.

Maybe try the trick Joe Kool mentioned twice a week or so and see if that helps. It means more work though! A BNs cuteness makes up for the poop strings IMO!

Zoe · 10-18-2006, 03:05 PM

lol, i know!

I just had to express my disgust with the whole situation.

But he is just too cute. So he can stay. Personally, I love cleaning my tanks, so it's no problem for me to tidy every few days

joe kool · 10-19-2006, 06:45 AM

I use the eco-complete as well ... I really like the size of it and the fact it doesn't have the "packing" problem some face with other sands.

Boxermom
Maybe it's the constant supply of veggies that keeps mine "regular"

their nicely shaped uuummmm ... if it can be nicely shaped

any way it looks like little 1/2" pellets, I can take pic's if you want ROFLMAO

10-18-2006, 09:36 AM	#1
Zoe <·)))< Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 22 Posts: 1,030	Ugh, jeez, pleco poop Why didn't anyone warn me that a pleco poop constantly? Yeesh. That looks just smashing on my nice white sand Do all plecos make that much waste? I grow tiresome of vacuuming the sand every day. __________________ 90g pltd: angelfish [black, leopard, platinum, silver zebra & gold vt] · glass catfish · harlequin rasbora · neon & rummy nosed tetra · sterpai & spotted cory · bristlenose pleco 28g pltd: scarlet badis · oto cats · bristlenose 16g pltd: flame & honey gourami · cherry barbs 8g (soon to be 18g): 15 lbs LR · 10 lbs LS · YSP · zoas · shrooms · flame & hammer corals · brittle star · scarlet & electric blue hermits · firefish

10-18-2006, 09:49 AM	#2
Puffer Pita Puffer Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,677	Yes, plecos are very well known for being huge poop machines with a very high bioload because of that. __________________ Tina Puffers: Auriglobus silus x2 Colomesus asellus x1 Tetraodon travancoricus x1 Tetraodon biocellatus x2 Tetraodon nigroviridis x1 Tetraodon baileyi x2 Tetraodon lineatus x1 Tetraodon palembangensis x1 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated. - Mohandas Gandhi

10-18-2006, 12:04 PM	#3
dolifisis Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 162	You didn't know about pleco poop? I've only been here a few weeks and have already seen the warnings! __________________ __________________ Doli Eclipse Corner5 False Julii Juvies Eclipse12 5 Ottos 3 White Cloud Mountain Minnows 7 False Julii Cory Cats Blue Apple Snail Live Plants

10-18-2006, 12:12 PM	#4
Zoe <·)))< Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 22 Posts: 1,030	Well, I knew they produced a lot of waste... I just wasn't prepared for the reality of it... on my white sand... __________________ 90g pltd: angelfish [black, leopard, platinum, silver zebra & gold vt] · glass catfish · harlequin rasbora · neon & rummy nosed tetra · sterpai & spotted cory · bristlenose pleco 28g pltd: scarlet badis · oto cats · bristlenose 16g pltd: flame & honey gourami · cherry barbs 8g (soon to be 18g): 15 lbs LR · 10 lbs LS · YSP · zoas · shrooms · flame & hammer corals · brittle star · scarlet & electric blue hermits · firefish

10-18-2006, 12:50 PM	#5
joe kool Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 36 Posts: 572	I use sand as well zoe, if you have a gravle vac you can do what I do every couple days or so. start your siphon adn then pinch off the flow of the hose by folding it on itself. Now you can ease the pinch to let it flow enough to pick the waste off the sand and stir the sand a little but now suck the sand out of the tank I'm almost afraid to mention it but I've found that the brushynose I have don't have the long stringy poop that wraps all over the place but that may be becouse of their diet. I do know that for a couple days after their zuccini theres' a bit more waste than normal so I make sure to "treat" them a few days before water change. The rubber nose one seem to produce a lot less of that sort of thing also. The "common" pleco is a poop factory and I think they think they are "TPing" (toilet papering) the tank at night (it is gettin close to holloween you know ) __________________ A conglomeration of cichlids from all over living happily in my "melting pot" of tanks. Breeding: currently nothing ... I'm sequestered in South Korea, "Osan" to be exact 2 days till I'm back in the states!!!! Florida to be exact, those Floridians have no idea what they're in for!! current Fry: see above tanks: 100, 55, 46 BF, 26 BF, 20L, 5 fry tank 20L planted with CRS is the only thing up (easy for the wife to care for in my stead)

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10-18-2006, 01:17 PM	#6
Puffer Pita Puffer Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,677	All five of my bristlenose plecos almost always have poop kites. They poop a great deal. They eat algae pellets and algae from the tank, along with driftwood. Only occasionally do they get real veggies. __________________ Tina Puffers: Auriglobus silus x2 Colomesus asellus x1 Tetraodon travancoricus x1 Tetraodon biocellatus x2 Tetraodon nigroviridis x1 Tetraodon baileyi x2 Tetraodon lineatus x1 Tetraodon palembangensis x1 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated. - Mohandas Gandhi

10-18-2006, 02:34 PM	#7
JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Age: 22 Posts: 3,566	This thread is so funny...discussing pleco poop. I only have 1 bristlenose and with my dark substrate (Eco Complete) I rarely see his poop strings. I see them on my driftwood at times (because that is where he lives), but unless I go looking for them on the eco, they are pretty hidden. Sorry you have to look at the poop on your sand. I know that would drive me crazy. Maybe try the trick Joe Kool mentioned twice a week or so and see if that helps. It means more work though! A BNs cuteness makes up for the poop strings IMO! __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 20g, 5.5g

10-18-2006, 03:05 PM	#8
Zoe <·)))< Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 22 Posts: 1,030	lol, i know! I just had to express my disgust with the whole situation. But he is just too cute. So he can stay. Personally, I love cleaning my tanks, so it's no problem for me to tidy every few days __________________ 90g pltd: angelfish [black, leopard, platinum, silver zebra & gold vt] · glass catfish · harlequin rasbora · neon & rummy nosed tetra · sterpai & spotted cory · bristlenose pleco 28g pltd: scarlet badis · oto cats · bristlenose 16g pltd: flame & honey gourami · cherry barbs 8g (soon to be 18g): 15 lbs LR · 10 lbs LS · YSP · zoas · shrooms · flame & hammer corals · brittle star · scarlet & electric blue hermits · firefish

10-19-2006, 06:45 AM	#9
joe kool Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 36 Posts: 572	I use the eco-complete as well ... I really like the size of it and the fact it doesn't have the "packing" problem some face with other sands. Boxermom Maybe it's the constant supply of veggies that keeps mine "regular" their nicely shaped uuummmm ... if it can be nicely shaped any way it looks like little 1/2" pellets, I can take pic's if you want ROFLMAO __________________ A conglomeration of cichlids from all over living happily in my "melting pot" of tanks. Breeding: currently nothing ... I'm sequestered in South Korea, "Osan" to be exact 2 days till I'm back in the states!!!! Florida to be exact, those Floridians have no idea what they're in for!! current Fry: see above tanks: 100, 55, 46 BF, 26 BF, 20L, 5 fry tank 20L planted with CRS is the only thing up (easy for the wife to care for in my stead)

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