Plant Nibblers

[absolute]

I've noticed some damage lately to some of my plants so I have removed the 4 prime suspects (2 smaller plecos & 2 clown loaches). Will the clown loachs do damage???

I would like to know if any other tennants might cause anymore damage.

They include; Otto Cats, Glass Cats, Raphael Cats, Gourami's, African Butterfly's, YoYo Loachs, Stick (wood) Shrimp, Congo Tetra's, Siamese Cats.

Thanks for the help...

Cheers!

 

[timwag2001]

whats wrong with your plants? do you have snails? fish can eat them but nutrient deficiency can be a culprit as well. do you have pics?

 

[fishorama]

My loaches punched holes in leaves for a while but they decided romaine, zucchini etc were tastier. The holes were sort of U shaped when new.

 

[pinkertd]

Loaches will mess with the plants a bit for sure!

 

[absolute]

Here's some pics of the damage. There's no snails in the tank, the temp is 78 and I'm using pressurized CO2 at about 6.7ph.


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[jptjpt]

My guess would be your loaches or the gouramis.

 

[absolute]

Clown loachs or the yoyo loaches?

And Guaramis would do damage???

Also, does any of it look like damage the Pleco's could do???

 

[Hebily]

All I know is my pearl gourami will snack on plant leaves, and my Ancistrus and my oto won't.

 

[timwag2001]

that stinks. set up a tape recorder.