Subj : Pleco uproots plants
To : Ron Hagley
From : mark lewis
Date : Fri Jan 16 2004 11:35 pm
RH> just found you and have a major problem I hope you may be able
RH> to help me with. I have a 48" x 18" x 15 " Juwel with white
RH> silica sand as a base for planting into. Unfortunately I also
RH> have a 10" Pleco which seems to revel in disturbing the sand
RH> and consequently uprooting the plants in his attempts to
RH> get under everything. I wonder if putting a layer of silica
RH> sand and then a porous plastic mesh before the final layer of
RH> silica would help solve this problem. I could then plant into
RH> the top layer and the roots would hopefully work through the
RH> mesh into the bottom layer. Any thoughts on this or alternative
RH> suggestions - I don't really want to lose Pleco as he is such a
RH> character but..........
just make a section of rocks for the pleco to get under... they love to get
underneath things and especially to sucker attach upside down... i almost
always create a "cave" for my plecos to get under... generally two rocks
standing on end and another flat one across the top of them...
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they'll love you for ever... just make sure you give them room to grow, also...
my last pleco was 18 inches long when i traded him in at the local pet store...
they can get much larger than that, too...
