Oxboy
01-27-2020, 09:25 PM
I have a 55 gal with:
six 4-5" discus
one 3" BN pleco
twelve cardinal tetras
two serbai corys
Everybody is healthy and happy. I do a couple of 40-50% WCs a week. I have a thin sand bottom. I feed on the light side -- once in the morning and once at night. I have almost no algae so I give the pleco a sinking wafer every night.
Here is the thing: I could vacuum that thing spotless and in 12 hours, it looks like a cesspool on the bottom. The attached pic does not do it justice. I notice that the discus poop out a plug about 1/4" in diameter. The poop gathering on the bottom looks finer than that.
So I'm wondering - in your experience, do the tetras poop a ton? I know plecos can poop a lot so is this mostly the BN and/or corys? Is it everybody contributing?
Do those of you with discus-only tanks and moderate feeding schedules find that discus alone are excessive poopers?
Curious about your thoughts.
six 4-5" discus
one 3" BN pleco
twelve cardinal tetras
two serbai corys
Everybody is healthy and happy. I do a couple of 40-50% WCs a week. I have a thin sand bottom. I feed on the light side -- once in the morning and once at night. I have almost no algae so I give the pleco a sinking wafer every night.
Here is the thing: I could vacuum that thing spotless and in 12 hours, it looks like a cesspool on the bottom. The attached pic does not do it justice. I notice that the discus poop out a plug about 1/4" in diameter. The poop gathering on the bottom looks finer than that.
So I'm wondering - in your experience, do the tetras poop a ton? I know plecos can poop a lot so is this mostly the BN and/or corys? Is it everybody contributing?
Do those of you with discus-only tanks and moderate feeding schedules find that discus alone are excessive poopers?
Curious about your thoughts.