Best custom diet for L128

All posts regarding the care and breeding of these catfishes from South America.
Post Reply
DBam
Posts: 59
Joined: 03 Nov 2012, 21:54
My cats species list: 10 (i:2, k:4)
My Wishlist: 5
Spotted: 8
Location 1: BC
Location 2: Canada

Best custom diet for L128

Post by DBam »

It's time for me to make a new batch of homemade agar-based food for my plecos. I wasn't completely satisfied with the last couple of concoctions I made. Both batches had ingredients in imbalanced proportions. I'd like to make my next batch specifically for my L128 tank. I was thinking of zucchini, raw prawn, garlic, and spirulina blended together and heated with a small amount of agar (40 grams). How could I adjust, including adding or removing ingredients, and proportion my recipe to provide the best diet for blue phantoms? Am I better off with fewer ingredients or more? I initially had peas, apple, and yams on the list too but began to question if I really benefited from a longer ingredient list. How would you design a food for the blue phantom?
User avatar
smitty
Posts: 206
Joined: 20 Feb 2010, 15:48
My images: 3
My cats species list: 57 (i:18, k:0)
My aquaria list: 3 (i:3)
Spotted: 1
Location 1: Yeadon, Pennyslvania USA
Location 2: Yeadon, Pennsylvania USA
Interests: Aquariums/Bicycling/Cooking

Re: Best custom diet for L128

Post by smitty »

I fed mine zucchini, cuccumber, algae wafers. He would even go for the frozen blood worms.
150gal- No Plecos; 3 AC 110 P.Filters; 2 AC P.Heads; Eheim2217, 2260
180gal- Plecos (9): L001/L022 (1M), L023, L083/L165, L137, L190, Rhino (1M, 1F), Trinidad (2); 3 AC 110 P.Filters; 2 AC 110 P.Heads; Eheim 2217,2260; Fluval FX5
210gal- Plecos (5): L014 (2), L050; 4 AC P.Filters; 2AC P.Heads; Eheim 2250,2262; Fluval FX5;
DBam
Posts: 59
Joined: 03 Nov 2012, 21:54
My cats species list: 10 (i:2, k:4)
My Wishlist: 5
Spotted: 8
Location 1: BC
Location 2: Canada

Re: Best custom diet for L128

Post by DBam »

I do feed prepared foods but I like having an agar-based frozen food option. I usually make it with vegetables and add a little spirulina and some fresh salmon or trout, but I haven't made a recipe strictly for L128, nor have I used prawn. Here's what I'm thinking:

3 : 1 (zucchini to prawn) with a handful of peas and spirulina. I was thinking of adding the prawn after the rest of the ingredients are cooling to avoiding cooking the prawn. Should I be concerned about this?
Post Reply

Return to “South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)”