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Someone's been eating my bacopa!
Women are expected to do twice as much as men in half the time and for no credit. Fortunately, this isn't difficult."- Charlotte Whitton (1896 - 1975) ----- "Ross Vandegrift" wrote in message ... : I've got a bunch of tetras, two swordtails, some ottos, three coryodas, : and a bristlenose pleco. I suspect it's the swordtails, trying to eat : hair algae off the leaves, and getting a bit, ahem, overzealous. : : Any idea on how to prevent it? Am I perhaps underfeeding them? : I'd say the bristlenose is the culprit. It might not be intentional, he must just be biting too hard when he tries to scrape off the algae.g |
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Someone's been eating my bacopa!
I'd say the bristlenose is the culprit. It might not be intentional, he must just be biting too hard when he tries to scrape off the algae.g Dunno, I thought the bristlenoses were pretty good with plants... some of the other pleccos maybe, but aren't bristlenoses lacking teeth or something like that? Swordtails will pluck at algae but bacopa is one of the toughest stem plants I've come across... really thick leaves, I would think your finer leafed plants would be first to go. How is the overall health of the bacopa and the other plants? Cheers, Jeff Ludwig |
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Someone's been eating my bacopa!
What kind of tetras do you have? If you have the bigger ones like diamond
tetras or buenos aires tetras, they might be the ones. I have a bunch of Hygros that have little bite marks on their tips/edges I can imagine the plecos rasping on wide leafed plants but not small stem plants. My bristlenose pleco doesn't. To prevent it, hmmm. I might put the stem plants at the back of the tank instead, so it won't be too obvious, otherwise I'm happy that my tetras nibbling at them bec. that means they're having a balanced diet. My diamond tetras breed in my tank without me doing anything special to the tank. "Ross Vandegrift" wrote in message ... I've got a bunch of tetras, two swordtails, some ottos, three coryodas, and a bristlenose pleco. I suspect it's the swordtails, trying to eat hair algae off the leaves, and getting a bit, ahem, overzealous. Any idea on how to prevent it? Am I perhaps underfeeding them? -- Ross Vandegrift A Pope has a Water Cannon. It is a Water Cannon. He fires Holy-Water from it. It is a Holy-Water Cannon. He Blesses it. It is a Holy Holy-Water Cannon. He Blesses the Hell out of it. It is a Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. He has it pierced. It is a Holey Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. Batman and Robin arrive. He shoots them. |
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Someone's been eating my bacopa!
I have buenos aries tetras and red-eye tetras, too. If a leaf gets ripped or
damaged on my hygro they're all over it like piranhas on a gut-shot cow. I planted three bunches of bacopa back in August and none of it survived in that tank. Now you've got me wondering... kush "you can't have everything - where would you put it?" Steve Galupe wrote in message ... What kind of tetras do you have? If you have the bigger ones like diamond tetras or buenos aires tetras, they might be the ones. I have a bunch of Hygros that have little bite marks on their tips/edges I can imagine the plecos rasping on wide leafed plants but not small stem plants. My bristlenose pleco doesn't. To prevent it, hmmm. I might put the stem plants at the back of the tank instead, so it won't be too obvious, otherwise I'm happy that my tetras nibbling at them bec. that means they're having a balanced diet. My diamond tetras breed in my tank without me doing anything special to the tank. "Ross Vandegrift" wrote in message ... I've got a bunch of tetras, two swordtails, some ottos, three coryodas, and a bristlenose pleco. I suspect it's the swordtails, trying to eat hair algae off the leaves, and getting a bit, ahem, overzealous. Any idea on how to prevent it? Am I perhaps underfeeding them? -- Ross Vandegrift A Pope has a Water Cannon. It is a Water Cannon. He fires Holy-Water from it. It is a Holy-Water Cannon. He Blesses it. It is a Holy Holy-Water Cannon. He Blesses the Hell out of it. It is a Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. He has it pierced. It is a Holey Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. Batman and Robin arrive. He shoots them. |
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Someone's been eating my bacopa!
The swordtails love to devour plant material along with a protein diet.
Take the swordtails out of the tank and the nibbling will stop. The bristlenose pleco will also graze on plant material but you can feed him cooked green beans minus any spices or butter to prevent that. Your pleco might also enjoy some wood in his tank to gnaw on. My two cents... Earl "Ross Vandegrift" wrote in message ... I've got a bunch of tetras, two swordtails, some ottos, three coryodas, and a bristlenose pleco. I suspect it's the swordtails, trying to eat hair algae off the leaves, and getting a bit, ahem, overzealous. Any idea on how to prevent it? Am I perhaps underfeeding them? -- Ross Vandegrift A Pope has a Water Cannon. It is a Water Cannon. He fires Holy-Water from it. It is a Holy-Water Cannon. He Blesses it. It is a Holy Holy-Water Cannon. He Blesses the Hell out of it. It is a Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. He has it pierced. It is a Holey Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. Batman and Robin arrive. He shoots them. |
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