my blood parrot keeps eating all the food for the pleco !

[grannylvsfish]

I can not stand it, every time I drop something in the darn blood parrot eats it, no matter what I do. I hate to put my arm in my tank, gee wiz I have to get a chair to stand on to drop a disc down under the driftwood and my tank is so deep I soak my self. is there any kind of long tweezers or something to put the food down into the tank? this drives me nuts! poor bristlenose misses meals because of this crazy parrot.

 

[Lupin]

Yes, there is. Try the tongs intended to pull out plants from deep tanks.

 

[grannylvsfish]

tongues, thanks I will go look

 

[wataugachicken]

turn off the lights before feeding the pleco.

 

[FSM]

try feeding at night, an hour or two after lights out.

 

[grannylvsfish]

I had to remove the poor little bristlenose. the fish would not let him come out of hiding or eat. He is happy now in the 10 gallon with the few baby fish I have in there.

 

[emptywallet]

you could feed the fish on the other side and drop the pellet in the other side...

 

[fishorama]

You can use a length of pvc pipe a bit longer than the tank depth. Drop th pellets in the top & they'll sink down to the bottom. Feed after lights out near the plec's cave.

 

[grannylvsfish]

you could feed the fish on the other side and drop the pellet in the other side...

done this, they just ran to the other side.

You can use a length of pvc pipe a bit longer than the tank depth. Drop th pellets in the top & they'll sink down to the bottom. Feed after lights out near the plec's cave.

acually put the food under the log for him, the blood parrot went side ways under to get it!
they never let him come out of the log, he was made to stay there or the chased him back under. he is a very happy boy now that he is in a safe tank