Re: Frog and pleco's

["Aaron Frymire" <cichlidboy@hotmail.com>]

By "Rasping" do you mean sucking on the frog? If so, he was most likely 
sucking off the frogs Slim Coat. I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't his 
first time doing it, it was just your first time noticing it. Most of the 
time a pleco (Bristlenose or not, I've seen Commons do the same thing) will 
never attack a fish for food unless they are very hungry. But once they 
taste slime coat they seem to prefer it more over their regular diet. If 
that?s your case he will most likely continue to attack victims. It?s like 
once a bear kills someone, it can be known to do it again, because it?s easy 
and tasty. Well if that was what you meant by ?rasping? hope this helps. 
Aaron.


> From: June Olberding <jdolb1@comcast.net>
> Reply-To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
> To: <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
> Subject: Frog and pleco's
> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 10:32:22 -0700
>
> Noted the following behavior with a little pleco and wondered if anybody
> else has observed them to take exception to tank mates. I know they can
> fight among them selves over territory and with my spawning pair, the male
> is definitely "top" fish of the two.
> Re: Bristlenose pleco and African frogs.
> Small frog in guppy tank with small Bristlenose. Observed the frog and
> bristlenose rushing at each other over the bloodworm dinner. The frog was
> suprisingly assertive but Pleco more persistent and larger. Finally the
> Pleco started landing on top of the frog and "rasping" him. A few times of
> that and the frog retired from the field. Wish I had one of those neat
> little video cameras like Erik's to capture it. The next day I observed 
> that
> the Pleco seemed to have developed an attitude toward the frog and would
> jump on him and "rasp" even with no food  present. The frog looked to me to
> be in danger so moved him to another tank.
> Is this normal or do I have a rouge bristlenose here?
> June
>
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