Ok, this requires a bit of disclaimer.
I am aware that a 5" pleco in a 20 gallon tank with 3 VERY small goldfish is in the wrong place. But he lives there, and he can't go into my 10 gallon, and my 55 isn't set up yet.
But in the meantime, I'm trying to feed the little turd algae wafers, as he has never really been fed period. It's kind of odd, I know, but my mother-in-law kept it in the tank OUTSIDE with no lid, no lights, no heater, almost no substrate, about 12" of older goldfish, and a filter made for a 5 gallon tank:banher:. But they never once fed the pleco. He just lives somehow:huh:.
But the goldfish love the wafers! And the pleco is really inactive and cautious, so I tried feeding the goldfish before I drop the wafer, and he just sits there(as plecos are wont to do) and they eat like starved POWs and then turn on the wafer.:wall:
How does one keep the other fish from eating the wafer before your pleco does??
I am aware that a 5" pleco in a 20 gallon tank with 3 VERY small goldfish is in the wrong place. But he lives there, and he can't go into my 10 gallon, and my 55 isn't set up yet.
But in the meantime, I'm trying to feed the little turd algae wafers, as he has never really been fed period. It's kind of odd, I know, but my mother-in-law kept it in the tank OUTSIDE with no lid, no lights, no heater, almost no substrate, about 12" of older goldfish, and a filter made for a 5 gallon tank:banher:. But they never once fed the pleco. He just lives somehow:huh:.
But the goldfish love the wafers! And the pleco is really inactive and cautious, so I tried feeding the goldfish before I drop the wafer, and he just sits there(as plecos are wont to do) and they eat like starved POWs and then turn on the wafer.:wall:
How does one keep the other fish from eating the wafer before your pleco does??
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