I think the rule of thumb is wood that can be scraped with your finger- nail when wood is wet. The plecs should be able to rasp on it..you will see wide gooves ,and brown poo. note..there is prob some wood that should not be used ,pine would prob be one bad type and none treated ,but look around for a list of good and bad or ask more knowledgable members. I buy my wood in an aquatic store so i know it's safe. hth.Cheers for your replies, just seemed strange that for 4 month that iv had them, they have never touched the skin and suddenly some morning when I take it out, there is nothing but a thin strip of skin left which they can't get to!
Hi zeebo, yeah I have a large slab of wood in there, its not bogwood though, would bogwood be better or just the chunck I have be ok?
I have 3 common BN's growing well, eat Courgette regularly but suddenly they have been eating the skin on the Courgette this week. They have never eaten this before, is this normal? should they been eating the skin??
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tis a good point,i always wash the veg under the tap before i use it.A simple explanation could be that some veg is sprayed with a glaze to make it look nice this will not be to the liking of some plecos.
Belive me the stuff the supermarkets use cant be washed off it is all to do with the proses of using gas to preserve soft veg and fruit.tis a good point,i always wash the veg under the tap before i use it.
interesting,wonder if this made ned act strange a while back:Belive me the stuff the supermarkets use cant be washed off it is all to do with the proses of using gas to preserve soft veg and fruit.
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