Bottom Dwellers

For the Bottom Dwellers I have noticed you can get both pellets and Wafers. Whats the best option to go for?

Tetra TabiMin Feeding Tablets
Tetra WaferMix Variety Wafers

Atm I aint sure what type of bottom dwellers to get but Id like to have everything ready for them.

What do you guys use and what bottom dwellers do you have?

Thanks!

I use Tetra Plecomin algae tablets that sink to the bottom.

I have 2 BN's - lovely little fish and I wouldnt be without them - my favourite fish in the tank.

I feed them wafers - at the moment Hikari wafers which they love.

I'll move this topic to the Plecs section now! :lol:

No worries.

I feed a variety of stuff to my plecs.

They get both algae wafers and pellets, bloodworm pellets, Cichlid pellets (yes they love them), cucumber, mysis, brine, krill, spirulina pellets, prawns and potatoes.

i have 1 polka dot plec that i never see only his tail 1 goldnugget who was stuck on the front of the tank last night first time ever 1 common plec 2 bristlenose plec ans some cories i feed them wafers courgette prawns and cockles i have noticed that the cories in my big tank are after the prawns as well i have tried red pepper but none of them liked that

did the red pepper not give off a red tinge?

alison wrote:

i have 1 polka dot plec that i never see only his tail 1 goldnugget who was stuck on the front of the tank last night first time ever 1 common plec 2 bristlenose plec ans some cories i feed them wafers courgette prawns and cockles i have noticed that the cories in my big tank are after the prawns as well i have tried red pepper but none of them liked that

What type of red pepper did you feed?

If it was a Bell Pepper then its ok to feed that to Plecs but never give them hot or spicy peppers.

I didnt know you could give them red peppers, I'll have to add that to the list of veggies for them :lol:

Hi Diane, yes you can give Plecs alsorts to eat. You should try strawberries

Havent tried them either!! I Have tried with the usual - apple, potato, courgette, cucumber etc but obviously I have to broaden my diet sheet :lol:

I'm too lazy. Courgette and cucumber seem to be the favourites so that's what I stick with.

no it didnt tinge the water and it was a bell pepper if you look on plecofanatics theres a list of what you can feed your plecs will have to try potato do you blanch it first diana also given mushrooms the common plec loved it but the other two didnt want to know

Hiya alison, what I have done with the spids is sort of par boil them, sometimes I mash them with a little bit of garlic and roll into little balls for them and just chuck them in, they love them, and the other fish get stuck in too

thanks diana will give that a go

The fish aint Gordon Ramsay

:lol:

When i give my plecs potato i just peel, wash and bung in the tank. They don't need to be par-boiled first.

Well that saves me a job, thanks kribensis :lol:

Just bear in mind that the types of bottom dweller (especially they type of plec) can have dramatically diferent dietary needs so research is the key - some plecs are omnivore or even carnivore, others eat veggies only (inc. algae wafers etc) and some eat wood...

I've only got BN's indi, and they seem to have a go at most veggies and wafers too

I gave up on potatoes as only the Otos have any interest in them but they're so slow at eating them, the flipping things just disintegrated and migrated little potato pieces all over the tank...

Maybe they prefer mash Mary

Fussy wretches. :lol:

munchycarrot wrote:

Maybe they prefer mash Mary

and dont forget to add the garlic :lol: