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I am astonished because from anything I have read they are not really meant to breed and the tank set up is not ideal
I was changing a tank around and I moved my two quite large rubber lip pleco into my hospital tank at the beginning of the summer. It is 60 litres and I put a bit of sand and gravel in a small piece of drift wood some plants, floating ones as well and a small sponge filter, internal filter and a heater set for 20
It just sits on the kitchen surface and has been there for too many months because all summer I have been shifting fish. First it had some corydoras in it with the plecos because I was giving a few away to reduce numbers. Then it had of all things goldfish fry in it because I had to fish them out an over grown tank where they had survived and were shredding the adults fins. Then I used it to try and save a dwarf gourami which was ill and medicated the tank. Finally after a good water change and clean I used it as a holding tank for a few weeks to check the health of come endlers before adding them to a community tank
Don't worry my goldfish are not in the community tank!
However I was moving the endlers today and I found what I swear is a rubber lip fry. It is clinging to the glass like the adults. It has the same mouth and fin shape
I will try to get a photo however what an amazing unlikely find in a not idea set up. Tank has lots of mulm in it so maybe that helped. But how has it survived such a range of tank mates?
I will try to get a photo
I was changing a tank around and I moved my two quite large rubber lip pleco into my hospital tank at the beginning of the summer. It is 60 litres and I put a bit of sand and gravel in a small piece of drift wood some plants, floating ones as well and a small sponge filter, internal filter and a heater set for 20
It just sits on the kitchen surface and has been there for too many months because all summer I have been shifting fish. First it had some corydoras in it with the plecos because I was giving a few away to reduce numbers. Then it had of all things goldfish fry in it because I had to fish them out an over grown tank where they had survived and were shredding the adults fins. Then I used it to try and save a dwarf gourami which was ill and medicated the tank. Finally after a good water change and clean I used it as a holding tank for a few weeks to check the health of come endlers before adding them to a community tank
Don't worry my goldfish are not in the community tank!
However I was moving the endlers today and I found what I swear is a rubber lip fry. It is clinging to the glass like the adults. It has the same mouth and fin shape
I will try to get a photo however what an amazing unlikely find in a not idea set up. Tank has lots of mulm in it so maybe that helped. But how has it survived such a range of tank mates?
I will try to get a photo
Hope you can get a photo, I'd love to see the little survivor! I'm guessing he survived by wedging himself under a piece of driftwood most of the time, and being faster than his siblings at escaping the other fish... and that's why he's the one left! Funny though, I wonder where the eggs were laid? I would ask how you didn't spot the dad guarding the eggs, but I often don't see my plecos for a while, they're excellent at hiding, and I'm happy when I spot a pleco tail, so I'm sure I wouldn't realise one was guarding eggs either!
