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Is Bogwood Enough?, For my Clown Plec
andyw823
post Apr 13 2006, 12:49 AM
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My Clown Plec lives in my community tank and has done for 6 months now, there is a large lump of bogwood but is that enough fot the clown plec? Is there other wood i should be addin to the tank for it? Thanks.
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post Apr 13 2006, 08:14 AM
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Bogwood is ideal for them but you can supplement their diet with vegetables, cucumber, courgette etc

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post Apr 13 2006, 02:07 PM
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I agree with Tom.

Assuming that your catfish is a species of Panaque, Panque maccus, then its diet should be primarily wood. Vegetables can be offered, but meaty foods must be fed only very sparingly. I communicated with a scientist working on Panaque spp. and learned that premature deaths of these fish are associated with fat deposits on the internal organs caused by high protein diets. My Panaque nigrolienatus is over 10 years old and has been fed primarily on wood, lettuce, zucchini, and cucumber. You don't need to soften or boil anything, these catfish have strong teeth and if they can digest wood raw lettuce is nothing! My catfish gets catfish pellets maybe once a month.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loric...naque/734_F.PHP
http://homepage.mac.com/nmonks/aquaria/panaque.html

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Bogwood is ideal for them but you can supplement their diet with vegetables, cucumber, courgette etc

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post Apr 13 2006, 08:31 PM
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As mine is in a large community tank most of the food is gone before he comes out of hiding even when feeding with lighs out, so it feeds mostly on cucumber, peas and letuce.
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