A Week After The Adoption

Helloooo!!!

It's been a week since we adopted our Plecos

Nothing much to share on today's post

Just want to update our viewers on the well-being of our Plecos

So far our Plecos have been adapting well to their new home

We have been feeding them sinking-type fish food for a week 

And night time is when the Pleco is active and start to eat

A word of advice is to only drop in the fish food when night comes

Sinking pellets fish food

It is pointless to drop in the food during the day as they won't eat it

The food will just gradually absorb the water and it turned bad by night time 

And we don't want our dearest Plecos to consumed food that turn bad!

So we make it a habit of dropping in the food before we go to bed J

In the next morning, we noticed the food has been eaten, hooray!

But they don't eat a lot though

That's okay, as long they eat some J

Besides that, we have also received oxygen pump that was donated by one of our coursemates
THANK YOU Romilda Anne!!!!!!!!
All we need is to purchase the stone........for RM 1

So within hours since we installed the air stone
One of our Plecos falls in love with it instantly!
Have a look!!!

Our Pleco enjoying the air bubble massage J

Well, that's all for today

We'll keep you guys posted

The Pleco Fish (Hypostomus Plecostomus)

Hello again!

We would like to officially introduce you guys again our pet fish: the Pleco fish.

The scientific name for a Pleco is called Hypostomus plecostomus

But we’ll just referred to them as Pleco, because it sounds cuter that way J

Our adopted creature: Pleco fish

"We have 3 of them"

So here are some fun facts to begin with:

Did you know that the Pleco belonged to the family of catfishes?

Yes, you can actually notice some familiar features such as their body and mouth

And speaking of mouth, you’ll also hear people often referred Pleco as the suckermouth catfish 

Because of their suckermouth feature, they tend to attach to the walls of the aquarium

And they’ll help you clean off the algae on your aquarium wall, which are also their (favourite) food source by the way

Suckermouth, sourced from AquariumFish.net

Pleco are usually purchased as pet when juvenile, which measures about 8 cm in length

But they are fast growing and can grow up to 60 cm, so watch out!!!

They are nocturnal, it means they are only active a night

So you can barely see them in action during the day L

And because of their nocturnal behaviour, it’s best if you only feed them when night comes

Besides that, they are quite a shy creature as well

So it is advisable to give them some hiding places in the aquarium

And last, but not least………

It is advised that you feed these funny looking fishes with sinking fish food

But did you know if throw in some floating pellets……

They’ll actually swim upside-down to eat the food?

But that won’t be a nice way to treat your pet though….

There are so much more we wish we could share with you today, but until then…..

Have a nice day and good bye J

Reference
http://www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/scavengers/pleco.htm
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/catfish/Plecostomus.php