Help! My three baby BNs are eating the air stone...

a). This doesn't seem normal

and

b). How good (health wise) is this for the little plecos?

Stu

PS

c). I don't really care about the air stone; dime a dozen.

Are they actually EATING the stone???

I would guess they are eating an algae like build up on the surface of the stone, maybe?

No... I'm noticing little "dents" on the two flat side of the air stone that they are hanging out on...

Stu

Do you have some dritwood in there?

is there pooh blue?

Yes there's two big pieces of driftwood and I'm yet to see them do any number twos...

I know they like to rasp their mouths on course things like driftwood, zucchini, fresh algae chips, the filter intake :roll: ... but the air stone seems a bit hardcore

Stu

mine do it, i suspect there will be micro organisms growing on it, seems harmless IME

i just think they like the feeling of the stone. mine used to eat my finger, and the stone. i suppose the gritty feeling would be quite nice. perhaps a form of brushing their teeth? lol

My BNs sit in the outlet pipe of the filters .They seem to love the current

Your BNs are teething! Don't you have any rusks for them? :lol:

plecos are better fish

Rusks?!? You mean I have to feed the poor little BNs a glorified version of Hard Tack... soon they they'll be demanding a daily grog ration

Stu