L018

[LolaLouie]

I got a L018 at the weekend. I read that they're fairly shy, very hard to aclimmatise and although they eat some algae they are not very good algae eaters and rarely eat off the glass.

Well since he's been home I can't get him to touch courgettes, peas, potatoe, cucumber, peppers, algae wafers... but he's permanently glued to the glass and has cleaned my whole tank of algae!!

He seems healthy, he has a rounded belly and is very active, he never hides away despite the fact that the tank is heavly planted and covered with bogwood and caves.

The thing is what do I do when the algae on the glass runs out? He just doesn't seem to show any interest in food. He's not shy at all so I put algae wafers literally next to his nose and he just swims around them.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[Bloo]

Do you blanche any of the veg? Or are they raw?

 

[LolaLouie]

i cooked the potato for about 3 minutes, the pepper for about 1 minute and the cucumber and cougette raw but my other plec eats them raw!

 

[windy 1958]

it'll take it a couple of weeks to get used to eating different foods
i would just use cucumber and courgette for now try smearing a bit of garlic on them

 

[LolaLouie]

Ok thanks. He's still got a nice rounded tummy so I guess I don't have to worry yet anyway!