DB>Re: Pleco's and zuchinni
DB>> I've heard of feeding pleco's zuchinni.   A while ago I posted a message 
a
DB>> it, but never had a reply.  My question is, how big a piece of zuchinni 
do
DB>> use???  I tried some very thin slices, and boiled them, but they made 
thei
DB>> slowly but surely into the filter.
DB>You can also buy at the pet store algae wafers which will sink to the 
bottom
DB>and the pleco loves them. They will not cloud the tank either!
I had never heard of the Zuchini feeding before and tried it for the
first time this week.  I gave my Pleco (in a 10 gal tank, the only fish)
one slice of raw zuchini and one slice of steamed zuchini.  He ate both
of them in a couple days.  He's a happier fish now.
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