Re: Pleco uproots plants

[Charles]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:07:23 -0000, "Ron Hagley"
> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>just found you and have a major problem I hope you may be able to help me
>with. I have a 48" x 18" x 15 " Juwel with white silica sand as a base for
>planting into. Unfortunately I also have a 10" Pleco which seems to revel in
>disturbing the sand and consequently uprooting the plants in his attempts to
>get under everything. I wonder if putting a layer of silica sand and then a
>porous plastic mesh before the final layer of silica would help solve this
>problem. I could then plant into the top layer and the roots would hopefully
>work through the mesh into the bottom layer. Any thoughts on this or
>alternative suggestions - I don't really want to lose Pleco as he is such a
>character but..........
>
>Best wishes
>Ron
>


First thing I would try is to give the pleco a place to hide, a cave
or something similar.


--

- Charles
-
-does not play well with others

[Ron Hagley]

He already has refuge under two large chunks of bogwood, but still seems to
want to excavate everthing in sight.

Thanks for your thoughts

Ron

"Charles" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:07:23 -0000, "Ron Hagley"
> > wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >just found you and have a major problem I hope you may be able to help me
> >with. I have a 48" x 18" x 15 " Juwel with white silica sand as a base
for
> >planting into. Unfortunately I also have a 10" Pleco which seems to revel
in
> >disturbing the sand and consequently uprooting the plants in his attempts
to
> >get under everything. I wonder if putting a layer of silica sand and then
a
> >porous plastic mesh before the final layer of silica would help solve
this
> >problem. I could then plant into the top layer and the roots would
hopefully
> >work through the mesh into the bottom layer. Any thoughts on this or
> >alternative suggestions - I don't really want to lose Pleco as he is such
a
> >character but..........
> >
> >Best wishes
> >Ron
> >
>
>
> First thing I would try is to give the pleco a place to hide, a cave
> or something similar.
>
>
> --
>
> - Charles
> -
> -does not play well with others