Hi I am avidly searching all kind of fish forum sites for advice and information on our dear pleco that we really had no idea how big he was getting and now are in the situation that I have seen by reading, that so many get in, after their plecs outgrow their current tanks.
The info on him is this: We call him Charlie, we think we have had him about 14 years. This is his second tank and we know its too small for him : details are: 24" length 18" High and 11" wide. We think that it about 18 gallons / 70 litres? we are not too sure on that.
He has been on his own in the tank for years and we only have ever fed him the food you buy, the plec wafer food/tablets. We never knew about them liking courgettes and romaine lettuce etc,which I have now read about and feel guilty we have never fed him on that. The only reason we have looked stuff up now, is we can see he is bigger and we cant afford to buy another tank and we can only fit in a corner one, we found a Trigon 190 which LPS said would be better for him but that alone with cabinet is nearly £500!
they said they would take him from us, but we dont know where he would end up, we sincerly would like to do right by him in his last years, as obviously havnt done so before now. Should he be bigger than heis by now? has his growth been stunted? is he in any discomfort?
Two places I found advice on, gave me conflicting advice. One said he is fine where he is and just continue feeding him the wafers nothing else. Then another said give him the vegetables and by the photo i sent, they said he looked a bit thin. Which made us feel even worse! They said the tank was far too small.
So! can anyone on here help me, advise me, offer him a super home where he can be cared for or tell me how to get a cheap tank and if the tank i mentioned would suffice?
thank you all for spending the time reading my post. I have tried to attach a photo of him, but it says it is too large but i will keep trying. Thanks again for everyones help and advice.
Feag
Regards
Jane
Surrey area
The info on him is this: We call him Charlie, we think we have had him about 14 years. This is his second tank and we know its too small for him : details are: 24" length 18" High and 11" wide. We think that it about 18 gallons / 70 litres? we are not too sure on that.
He has been on his own in the tank for years and we only have ever fed him the food you buy, the plec wafer food/tablets. We never knew about them liking courgettes and romaine lettuce etc,which I have now read about and feel guilty we have never fed him on that. The only reason we have looked stuff up now, is we can see he is bigger and we cant afford to buy another tank and we can only fit in a corner one, we found a Trigon 190 which LPS said would be better for him but that alone with cabinet is nearly £500!
they said they would take him from us, but we dont know where he would end up, we sincerly would like to do right by him in his last years, as obviously havnt done so before now. Should he be bigger than heis by now? has his growth been stunted? is he in any discomfort?Two places I found advice on, gave me conflicting advice. One said he is fine where he is and just continue feeding him the wafers nothing else. Then another said give him the vegetables and by the photo i sent, they said he looked a bit thin. Which made us feel even worse! They said the tank was far too small.
So! can anyone on here help me, advise me, offer him a super home where he can be cared for or tell me how to get a cheap tank and if the tank i mentioned would suffice?
thank you all for spending the time reading my post. I have tried to attach a photo of him, but it says it is too large but i will keep trying. Thanks again for everyones help and advice.
Feag
Regards
Jane
Surrey area
fish keeping is all rather stressful!!
