Re: Pleco

**ikan** · 11th Dec 2002, 11:15

Akoh, what do you feed your catfish?
I feed my catfish with hikari sinking wafer, I wonder if it's enough.

**akoh** · 11th Dec 2002, 12:32

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Akoh, what do you feed your catfish?
I feed my catfish with hikari sinking wafer, I wonder if it's enough.
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ikan, usually it's a combination of Hikari Sinking Wafer, Bassleer's Bio-food from Belgium, Hikari Carni. Pellets ( 51% protein ), Bloodworm and fresh prawn. Feedings are on alternate days and Veges. are given only once a week.
Well ! if you want your plecos to stay healthy ! a balance diet is required !

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Safe Diving !
akoh

**ikan** · 11th Dec 2002, 13:30

Have to get the Bessler Bio food when I visit Singapore. I feed my alt.calvus (tanganyikan) with Hikari cichlid Bio-gold. I used to feed my cats with it and they like it too.
I also have some Hikari algae wafer but the don't seem to like it.
But now I want to feed mine as close as possible to your fish diet.
Learning from the Master and I might as well copy the Master.

Also about water circulation have many times of the tank size per hour?
I had mine on 11 times/hours but now I have it on 5 times.

PH? and hardness?
Other important info?

Can write an article about breeding catfish

**akoh** · 11th Dec 2002, 15:48

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Have to get the Bessler Bio food when I visit Singapore, by the way is that Biofood tropic. They are more than one type according to their website.
I also have some Hikari algae wafer but the don't seem to like it.
Also about water circulation have many times of the tank size per hour?
PH? and hardness?
Other important info?
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Ikan , think the difference is the protein % and the PRICE !. The tropic one is more X .
Some plecos are vege, some are omni and some are carni. that is why I feed a conbination of food. Look like you have to check out which species he belongs to ![

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As for water circulation, my 6' pleco tank is running on 1 unit of 2260 and 2228 and the 4' L046 breeding tank is running on 2 units of 2228 , guess you have to figure out the tank size / hr ! [

]. My 4' planted tank with min. plecos is also running on two unit of external pumps.
Not too sure about the hardness but Ph is 6.8 to 7.
Powerhead and air diffuser are highly recommendated coz' they just luv strong oxidated water ! [

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Safe Diving !
akoh

**kunner** · 11th Dec 2002, 17:37

Allen your tank under water current is dam strong man.... don't put any other mid water fish if not u can see them vomit due to &quot;tank sick&quot;[

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Anyway, hows your shrimp doing??? I am going to buy somemore yamato, free this week end???

**akoh** · 12th Dec 2002, 08:07

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Allen your tank under water current is dam strong man.... don't put any other mid water fish if not u can see them vomit due to &amp;amp;quot;tank sick&amp;amp;quot;[

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Anyway, hows your shrimp doing??? I am going to buy somemore yamato, free this week end???
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Kun, no lah ! my bleeding-hearts seem to luv it ! anyway it's not that strong.
I'll be meeting up with weileong this Sat, tentatively at 11.00am. Reckon I might pick up some too ! fantastic clearing job they've done to my planted tank !.[

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Safe Diving !
akoh