Cucumber Question...... Kinda A Weird One.

[starscream]

haha its not a spring, its a weird skewer that my sister bought years ago and left them at my house. it works i put a peace of carrot on the end of it and dropped it in front of him and he is right on top of it now lol he seems happy and hes such a pretty fish. he is a leopard sailfin pleco, he still a baby but hes one of my favs!!!

 

[Baccus]

Great

Good to hear it worked and he's enjoying his carrot meal. I think I tried giving mine celery once and from memory they weren't impressed, but I reckon they would have a crack at corn as well, fresh not the dried popping corn.

 

[starscream]

I gave him a peace of cucumber once but he didn't touch it..... It was in there or a day and a half but ill try again with him..... I have blood worms I want to try with him also

 

[Inchworm]

You can also get a clip with suction cup at the lfs. Most of the time I usually clip it on zucchini and let it sink to the bottom. It's heavy enough to hold a good sized slice down.

 

[Baccus]

Seeing the above pic got me thinking of the magnetic bulldog type clips you get for your fridge to hold heavy paperwork on the fridge. If you had an old one that had lost its magnet it would work just as well I think.
Wow so many alternative uses for everyday household bits and pieces, it could probably become a topic in its own right.
My BN's didn't immediately take to eating zucchini but now you can't keep them off it. I guess some foods they have to aquire a taste for.
And I just remembered in relation to your question about giving your pleco fruit, I once gave my BN's the rind ( the skin with the white and some red still attached) of a watermelon which they seemed to really enjoy. Didn't cause any deaths and the water stayed fine, I am guessing they would also have a go at rock melon as well. Although I'm really not sure if it was a brillient idea to go experimenting with the different fruits, all I can say I didn't experience any problems, and the BN's that ate the watermelon are all huge and are going on for around 6yrs of age now and regualrly breeding.

 

[starscream]

I got 2 bristlenose plecos and they will not stop eating off the sides there only about and inch each! There really little and I was worried that they wouldn't make it but there right at home!!

 

[starscream]

And my sailfin won't leave the carrot alome lol

 

[Baccus]

My young BN's spend a lot of time on the glass cleanig it, it's only when they start getting over the 5cm mark that they seem to have a preferance for hiding when the light is on. Maybe it's something to do with "hey were small and super hungry, and we don't worry about somebody eating us" and then as they get bigger they suddenly decide "Hang on there's other fish

here, I could get eaten !". I'm not surprised that your sailfin liked the carrot as well, they really love their vege's and would probably love shelled peas. Apparently potato is ok to give pleco's as well just slightly cook it to begin softening it, I guess that would also remove alot of the starches. And I reackon sweet potato would go down a treat with them to.

 

[BLACK DOG]

I feed my Plec a lump of cucumber yesterday, it was almost all gone this morning, I weighted it down with a strip of lead off one of the plants I had removed.

 

[starscream]

I put a carrot and a peace of cucumber in for my BN's and they didn't even touch it......idk what to do for them

 

[lilfishie]

they may take a few attempts before they try it, but once they do they will be straight over

 

[starscream]

My other fish ate it all they didn't even seem to notice it

 

[Baccus]

In my tanks it's a race between the BN's, the ever hungry guppies and the plague snails to see who gets to eat the vege's. Try giving the BN's the vege just before lights out and hopefully all the other fish will go to sleep and the BN's will discover the treat in their nightly forays around the tank.

 

[starscream]

At night my BN's are not active there active durring the day there weird

 

[Baccus]

Insomninac BN's LOL