Olly Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 I have a 5cm GBA in the same tank as my little 15cm oscar. I am finding it impossible to get anything to the GBA as the oscar is too quick and good at finding the pleco tablets. If I put 10 pleco tablets in then the GBA might get to taste one before the oscar gets them all. the oscar puts 5 or 6 in his mouth and chews on them, letting little bits of tablet out his gills which the gouramis eat and the GBA gets nothing. even if i feed the oscar down one end of the tank and hide the tablets in cracks in the rocks at the same time the oscar still finds them all The GBA is starting to look a bit thin, is there any way to feed him in the tank with the oscar or do I have to move him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 I have had similar issue's with my greedy guts. Get a terracotta flower pot, cut/ break a hole in the side just big enough for GBA to get in. Turn it upside down on bottom of the tank. Use a piece of hose to drop sinking pleco chips through the drainage hole in the "top" of the flowerpot. Gba can get in but not Oscar Sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted September 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 im gona try that oscar will probably tip it over knowing him :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Get a wide squat one, that's what I use. My Oscars a big boy now and he hasn't managed yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted September 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 I put a pot I already had in and put the food inside it Oscar finds the food Oscar too fat to fit Oscar thinks about it Keyholes get interested Oscar tries again GBA goes in, closely watched by Oscar Oscar gets the tablet Happy Oscar with a mouthful :evil: GBA goes back to his cave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 The wholes too big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Feed Courgette or something like broccoli stalk an hour after the lights go out at night. Stick a fork through it and chuck in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Feed Courgette or something like broccoli stalk an hour after the lights go out at night. Stick a fork through it and chuck in. works for my plecos... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Push the pot futher into the ground, try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vindy500 Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 i loled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Nice Oscar too! It looks So natural Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keriboi Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 GBA has become my fav fish, how many can you have in a tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 :lol: , 1-99,999. Depends on the size of tank I would say in a 3foot tank a group of about 5-6 with only 1-2 males Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted September 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 The wholes too big I just stole the cockatoo's cave to see if it would work Feed Courgette or something like broccoli stalk an hour after the lights go out at night. Stick a fork through it and chuck in. Just tried that Oscar seems to like courgette too :-? looks like he stays up late :lol: Push the pot futher into the ground, try again. He dug the gravel out of the entrance and got the tablet Im gonna get a bigger pot and make a smaller entrance to see if that will work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkie Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 i have the same prob with my twig cats and rubber lip pleco although i dont have them with oscars but the redhumps and heckelii are greedy eaters so i just put in algae chips just before i turn the lights out. that way the bigger fish just go to sleep and the cats all come out and graze at there own pace..i also feed strips or corgette and wait them down with a bit of plant lead which none of the cichlids are interested in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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