Funny Behavior

Chaos553 · 11-06-2007, 08:25 AM

This really shouldn't be a topic, but I really just found it funny.

I was playing Guitar Hero 3 the other day after I fed my fish, and I look over for a second and my pleco did something I've never seen him do before. He began going to the top and eating the flakes rather than hiding and waiting like he usually does. Now everytime I feed my fish he's always up there competing for food. He does get proper nutrition since I drop a few spirulina discs in at night for him and my cories, but I really just found it interesting.

shade2dope · 11-06-2007, 08:50 AM

I know my friend has a tank full of diffrent plecos and they always come up for food.I wish mine would I see him like onece a month if that

Gump · 11-06-2007, 09:25 AM

Thats not too odd. when i used to keep plecos they used to eat floating pellets.

Chaos553 · 11-06-2007, 09:38 AM

it was only odd for me because it was the first time I've seen it.

fishbguy · 11-06-2007, 10:07 AM

when I used to have little commons, at night, right before I would turn the lights on the tank off, at around 8 o'clock, they would go to the surface, and float upside down on the surface, sometimes swimming around, but only for a few seconds at a time, never longer than about 5.

fish4berly · 11-06-2007, 09:08 PM

i have a 13.5 inch pleco that does that. i've even got him to take wafers outta my hands. i was told that the bigger they get, the more they like the flakes. now anytime i even get close to the tank, he comes up to the top to see me. he must be saying "look at me, look at me!" or maybe thats just what i want him to be saying. its really cool though that he's not shy like some are.

fishbguy · 11-07-2007, 04:30 AM

I've heard that too, that the larger plecos get, the less they eat algae, which I believe, because at the lfs I work at, we have some pretty big plecos (rangeing forom 8 inches, to just over 15), and their tanks are full of algae....but the ones on the smaller tanks, do a pretty good job keeping their tanks clean.

Chaos553 · 11-07-2007, 10:45 AM

i really would like to get my pleco to eat out of my hands, that would be pretty cool. i've gotten my african butterfly fish to eat blackworms out of my hand ONCE, and it was quite difficult since he was so stubborn. having a tankful of plecos and watching them surface for pellets must be pretty cool to watch.

11-06-2007, 08:25 AM	#1
Chaos553 Guilty Gear Anyone? Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 410	Funny Behavior This really shouldn't be a topic, but I really just found it funny. I was playing Guitar Hero 3 the other day after I fed my fish, and I look over for a second and my pleco did something I've never seen him do before. He began going to the top and eating the flakes rather than hiding and waiting like he usually does. Now everytime I feed my fish he's always up there competing for food. He does get proper nutrition since I drop a few spirulina discs in at night for him and my cories, but I really just found it interesting. __________________ 10-Gallon Tank Empty 20-Gallon -TONS of Fancy Guppies -3 Albino Corys 38-Gallon -1 Cherry Barb (hoping to get rid of possibly for more schools) -13 Neon Tetra -2 Geophagus Jurupari -1 Red-Eye Tetra -1 Bolivian Ram -1 Green Cory -1 Peppered Cory -2 Juli Cories -(a few more cories should do it)

11-06-2007, 08:50 AM	#2
shade2dope Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 19 Posts: 371	I know my friend has a tank full of diffrent plecos and they always come up for food.I wish mine would I see him like onece a month if that __________________ 3 Aulonocara Sp Maleri 2 female Two eletric blu ali 1 male 1 female,Clown Pleco,abn,Yellow Lab Two Haplochromis ruby green and some juvies, two flame backs one female, compressicep,Fancy Guppies Goby Dragon,Jack Demsey,Altolamprologus calvus (Chaitika)

11-06-2007, 09:38 AM	#4
Chaos553 Guilty Gear Anyone? Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 410	it was only odd for me because it was the first time I've seen it. __________________ 10-Gallon Tank Empty 20-Gallon -TONS of Fancy Guppies -3 Albino Corys 38-Gallon -1 Cherry Barb (hoping to get rid of possibly for more schools) -13 Neon Tetra -2 Geophagus Jurupari -1 Red-Eye Tetra -1 Bolivian Ram -1 Green Cory -1 Peppered Cory -2 Juli Cories -(a few more cories should do it)

11-06-2007, 10:07 AM	#5
fishbguy I'm watching you Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: michigan Age: 17 Posts: 1,864	when I used to have little commons, at night, right before I would turn the lights on the tank off, at around 8 o'clock, they would go to the surface, and float upside down on the surface, sometimes swimming around, but only for a few seconds at a time, never longer than about 5. __________________ I think about you in the summertime And all the good times we had, baby It’s been a few years and I can’t deny The thought of you still makes me crazy I think about you in the summertime Summertime - New Kids On The Block

11-07-2007, 04:30 AM	#7
fishbguy I'm watching you Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: michigan Age: 17 Posts: 1,864	I've heard that too, that the larger plecos get, the less they eat algae, which I believe, because at the lfs I work at, we have some pretty big plecos (rangeing forom 8 inches, to just over 15), and their tanks are full of algae....but the ones on the smaller tanks, do a pretty good job keeping their tanks clean. __________________ I think about you in the summertime And all the good times we had, baby It’s been a few years and I can’t deny The thought of you still makes me crazy I think about you in the summertime Summertime - New Kids On The Block

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11-06-2007, 09:25 AM	#3
Gump Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Age: 24 Posts: 447	Thats not too odd. when i used to keep plecos they used to eat floating pellets.

11-06-2007, 09:08 PM	#6
fish4berly Fishy Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 23 Posts: 23	i have a 13.5 inch pleco that does that. i've even got him to take wafers outta my hands. i was told that the bigger they get, the more they like the flakes. now anytime i even get close to the tank, he comes up to the top to see me. he must be saying "look at me, look at me!" or maybe thats just what i want him to be saying. its really cool though that he's not shy like some are.

11-07-2007, 10:45 AM	#8
Chaos553 Guilty Gear Anyone? Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 410	i really would like to get my pleco to eat out of my hands, that would be pretty cool. i've gotten my african butterfly fish to eat blackworms out of my hand ONCE, and it was quite difficult since he was so stubborn. having a tankful of plecos and watching them surface for pellets must be pretty cool to watch. __________________ 10-Gallon Tank Empty 20-Gallon -TONS of Fancy Guppies -3 Albino Corys 38-Gallon -1 Cherry Barb (hoping to get rid of possibly for more schools) -13 Neon Tetra -2 Geophagus Jurupari -1 Red-Eye Tetra -1 Bolivian Ram -1 Green Cory -1 Peppered Cory -2 Juli Cories -(a few more cories should do it)

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