How to get a Green phantom to eat??

[Rawrs.]

Just got a L200 all it does is hang on my internal fluval filter, the other day I threw in two broccoli stems at night woke up with one missing and other one untouched and the pleco in the same spot on the filter. So I'm wondering anybody got any advice on what to feed it? Or how? And the filter doesn't have algae just cleaned it.

 

[toddnbecka]

Try canned green beans or something similar. They also eat other foods aside from algae (flakes, pellets, etc.)

 

[pinkertd]

It may take him a few days to recognize that veggies are food. I would try some zucchini, doesn't need blanching.

Does he have a cave to hide in if he wants to? Is the water flow into the tank from the filter pretty fast? They like to be in the inflow sometimes.

 

[bazil323]

Good suggestions. You can also soak some of those foods in garlic juice for about 20 minutes before feeding. Garlic is a great appetite stimulant, even for sick fish.

 

[Rawrs.]

Still on that filter lol tossed in 3 broccoli stems woke up with cloudy water and untouched stems lol thanks for the advice gonna try the garlic!

 

[XMAN]

Canned green beans. Toss in 1 or 2 before you go to bed, remove what is left in the morning. They'll figure out after a couple of days that it's food.