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@richardbunt2278

Жыл бұрын

Like your fish. Good video

Thank you for the almost cardiac arrest. When I saw the title. Great information combined with relief. Soo glad you did not have losses. Except for the almost total loss of toes due to hungry puppy! Lol

@AquaMalik

3 жыл бұрын

thanks Micheal! and yes puppy is a menace to the toes!!!

Thank you for taking the time to make your videos. You are greatly appreciated my friend.

Good work Malik... it was worth watching to the end just to see the puppy rile you up, so cute!

@AquaMalik

3 жыл бұрын

thnaks Stephen!!! he is a menace i swear haha

You are so right! Everyone needs to test their own water before deciding what fish they want to keep and on what substrate! The only exception is if you are using remineralized RO… which is another level of fish keeping!

@AquaMalik

3 жыл бұрын

totally!! well said Leah!!!

Great video.... valuable information bro!!!! I swear by waterchanges and clean water being key although keeping your tank with ecosystem in mind no matter how hard you try it's still a glass box at the end of the day and regular testing of your water even if it's a dip strip along with regular water changes when needed is going to give you the best success and heathier fish!!! And never get your info from one place always research and read from lots of places and sites , our hobby is littered with garbage care tips from the good to the outright incompetent

@AquaMalik

3 жыл бұрын

well said mate!! couldn't have said it any better myself!!! stay blessed! cheers!!!

@NicoleShalan-ue3yw

9 ай бұрын

Yes, good water. I'm keeping my plecos w/ cherry shrimp. I studied, & read Plecos eat shrimp waste, they have( A symbiotic relationship) Nice right.🧐🦐✨

Absolutely fantastic! You just open my eyes!

Great content Malik I appreciate everything you share with us. Than you! 👍💕

@AquaMalik

3 жыл бұрын

its my pleasure Maria!!!

Thank you so much for your valuable information 😊!

Good info keep it coming!!

@AquaMalik

3 жыл бұрын

will do!!!

So jealous of your Red Head Tapajos Geophagus. I've had them on order from my local specialty fish store since March and still waiting. Very informative video. I just got into plecos this year and they are fascinating fish. Also, cute puppy. He almost stole the show.

@AquaMalik

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing Peace River Aquatics.. excited for you to get the Geophagus soon 🙏 keep us posted. cheers

Your channel is very informative! I have a 3 and A half year old bristle nosed piece!

@AquaMalik

3 жыл бұрын

amazing and thank you for your kind words!!!

I clean my tank to well and I didn’t feed my Pleco for 3 days, and he killed 3 of my small gold fish, I think because my tank didn’t have algae and it was a very small tank. Plecos need wood so Algae can grow there. They clean tanks but they created more dirt .

@voidjavelin23

Жыл бұрын

U should eat them algae wafers or cucumber

@kimrizzo7098

Жыл бұрын

They also file their teeth on wood and like to chill in the current by gripping wood or rocks. They also need more space for air as they are surface breeders. I would lower that waterline a few inches tbh. They have high bioloads so an overstocked tank needs higher capacity filtration if you don't have as much maintenance time. I have no idea why people like to significantly lower pH when stable is more important. Lower pH is easier regulated with tannins and it helps stabilize the cycle and pH. Just my own experience. :)

Thanks. Amazing these can grow 2 feet long in a large tank. The lady at the pet store said if the tank is too small, their organs keep growing but their bodies don't, and that can cause death too.

@NotSure876

4 ай бұрын

Everything in your comment is false

@BlackArroToons

4 ай бұрын

@@NotSure876 You probably know more as I've never owned these, just reflecting on the video's information and what the pet store said if true. What's the largest you've seen them get?

@NotSure876

4 ай бұрын

@@BlackArroToons Plecos can range from 1.5 inches to over 3 feet depending on the type Fish’s organs don’t keep growing either, they be stunted a little due to awful conditions, but a fish will grow as big as they should if the water is clean and parameters are good even in a tiny tank, but nobody should ever do this

@macsdf1

3 ай бұрын

@@NotSure876 my 2 pleco are around 2 feet long, not false. they are also around 20 years old now

@NotSure876

3 ай бұрын

@@macsdf1 ok, what’s that have to do with what I said?

Great Video Malik

@AquaMalik

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it Chubz!!!

Good Stuff Bro....Hoorah!!

@AquaMalik

3 жыл бұрын

thanks Dlion! Hoorah!!!

probably fluctuations in water parameters because of the lack of a natural buffer system, caused by - a to small volume of water - an undersized filter

Thanks for (possibly) saving my phantom plecos. PLEASE- more videos about them!!!! If you can… thank you 😊

@AquaMalik

2 жыл бұрын

Will do and it’s my pleasure .. hope he’s well now 🙏

Super Video again 🔥

@AquaMalik

3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much !

I also think plecos need a good water flow outside of there tube nest. Most plecos come from rivers in the wild

What are those rainbowy looking geo's about 3:30 minutes in those are beautiful.

@AquaMalik

3 жыл бұрын

Geophagus sp> Red Head Tajos

I have a 160 litre tank is that good for him its a common pleco

I'm wanting to do a 30 or 40 foot square pound 3 or 4 feet deep, how many would you say? I'm not wanting boat loads, modest amount for maximum comfortable

I rescued a pleco lady told me it wad in a 65 litre tank it wasn't it was 29litres it had fit rot pretty bad still battling it now...

I'm doing good with pleco my first time. There growing well. I feed them wafers blood worms and they like Indian almond leaves they enjoy going in rock deccor.

I like his English

2 of my plecos both just died... I keep crying..

@NicoleShalan-ue3yw

9 ай бұрын

I know. I take all fish/shrimp loss hard too. I had to stop buying fancy goldfish, I would cry for days. Took me 3 tries to keep puffers. Puffers r like puppies. Goldfish r like puppies to me too. 🐡💜

My discus tank faced nitrite spike due and i wasn't home i noticed yesterday my bristle nose fin is melting i moved it to a bucket is there anything i can do to heal it or will it end up dying

@AquaMalik

2 жыл бұрын

Not much you can do except to keep the water nice and free of ammonia and nitrites and he should bounce back soon enough ..

@thugstermlbb630

2 жыл бұрын

@@AquaMalik i moved it to bucket its recovered now

Past 3 year's I bought many pleco but they are not surviving long 🥲😔

my pleco wasnt breathing and we thought it was asleep so tried to wake it up...never woke up. the owner said that it was alive and goes into a deep sleep. is this true please help and tell me. i have never been more traumatised after that moment...

@AquaMalik

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Plecos sleep at night especially once they are comfortable in the tank..

@ivandrago8516

2 жыл бұрын

@@AquaMalik but we literally moved him all around the tank and didnt breath even tho its mouth was hgop open

@ivandrago8516

2 жыл бұрын

its mouth was open and e wasnt breathing

my 2 pleco are like 20 years old;;

Funny u say that, I bought 7 snowball plecos, 1 killed all the other 6. 💀 peaceful, nope.😂

Quit watching after you basically said id need a 8ft x 10ft tank for 1 clown loach, what a joke

@antony4954

5 ай бұрын

I came to watch because of the stupid title, why they die so easy? One of the hardiest fish what the hell am I about to watch...

Never had a pleco die on me

I have a big and small plecos in my bucket yep not an aquaruim

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I'm pretty sure our Mr. Pleco is dead. He is stiff and not moving.

Because thats the cycle of life ?

I bought a fancy frog pleco for $70 on ebay everything was good until it died 1month later never again purchase

I hate ur tap water lol jk love ur content bro keep it up

@AquaMalik

3 жыл бұрын

my pleasure Leo! cheers!!!

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@AquaMalik

3 жыл бұрын

yes sir!!!

My female bristlenose plecos anus becomes inflamed, as if their stomachs are full of eggs. They do not mate. It is as if a male fish is beating them into the cave. And after a while they die from inflammation. Can you help me?

Bruh you talk too much just get to the point