My Plec Is Bloated!

[LastBoy5cout]

My Plec who is about three inches long and is feed on algae wafers seems to be very bloated around his tummy/middle and more recently has been doing very long poo's that tend to go on forever!! Also there are a few pale patches of skin on him.

Any idea's on what could be causing this? Is he constipated or just normal?

 

[Elaine2]

Do you feed him any vegetables too? Could be constipated from just the algae wafers, or even over eating.

 

[LastBoy5cout]

I dont feed him anything else, but have read cucumber is a good one to try.

Will get some over the weekend and try that.

Are the huge poo's normal?

 

[Arimus]

It's a Plec....

So yep very normal...

 

[Elaine2]

Different plecs seem to like different veg., so may be worth exprimenting. None of mine like cucumber but they adore courgette, and also sweet potato and butternut squash. Cut a piece off, wash it, remove the skin (if feeding sweet potato or squash) and pop in the tank. I weight mine by poking one of those thin lead strips through it - the kind you get on bunched plants - otherwise it won't sink. I usually pop a chunk of veg. in overnight then remove any remains in the morning.

And yes, as mentioned, they do poo a lot!