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Post by brenda on Apr 4, 2009 11:17:55 GMT -5
I had picked up some albino bristlenose plecos last week at the auction. By the way these things are fantastic...For some reason in this smaller tank algae was always growing and I would wipe it of with a paper towel, well these guys are incredible and my tank is spic and span.
So the problem is, they hang out behind my heater and it looks like they have little red spots that I am going to assume are burns from the heater. What can I do to prevent this? Any ideas?
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Post by goldenpuon on Apr 4, 2009 11:34:12 GMT -5
I have never heard of a fish getting burned by a heater. Are you sure it isn't a pathogen of some sort? I wish I could help more but I don't know much in this area. Hopefully, someone else will know more. Sorry I couldn't help.
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Post by brenda on Apr 4, 2009 11:37:51 GMT -5
I am 99% sure it is heater burns. I had this happen once before with an eel. These guys spend hrs upon hrs right behind the heater, it will eventually burn.
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Post by barbara on Apr 4, 2009 12:22:20 GMT -5
Can you put the heater in another spot. where they can't get behind it? Or surround it with rocks or something?
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Post by murdock6701 on Apr 4, 2009 13:13:07 GMT -5
does your heater attach to the sidewall of your tank? you could try furring it out w/ a bottle cap so it sits farther away from the glass or drill a hole in your tank top and suspend the heater from there - option 1 works best.....
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Post by bikeguy33 on Apr 4, 2009 16:58:09 GMT -5
fish....especially scaless definately do get burned....stingrays are the worst...then with an open burn they are prone to many other nasty things. what i suggest and works well is a heater cover. they are 10 or 12 dollars and will save alot of grief and fishie discomfort. it is just a plastic tube with alot of slits in it. with rays it isnt a good idea to have one....it is a NECESSITY
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Post by brenda on Apr 4, 2009 18:39:50 GMT -5
I will check into that. Thanks.
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Post by goldenpuon on Apr 4, 2009 19:58:51 GMT -5
Just curious but is a heat cover necessary for fish such as guppies and bettas? Mine never stick around the heater much and I have never seen burns on them.
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Post by bikeguy33 on Apr 4, 2009 20:36:24 GMT -5
no...its not....it is mostly for scaless and lazy fish that like heat. this cover is necessary for few species.....but if any fish is getting burned this is a great idea.
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Post by kagome on Apr 4, 2009 23:29:52 GMT -5
Brenda do they have any other hiding place options? Maybe if they had a cave they wouldn't look to the heater for shelter and security? My plecos almost always hide during the day, or at the very least hang out at the entrance of their hidey caves.
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Post by murdock6701 on Apr 4, 2009 23:39:10 GMT -5
I have one that lies in the bubbler want behind a big pice of drfteood - I have nother that stays on the glass all day behoind the tub of the hob filter - I have another that prefers to hang upside down all day inder a huge slab of granite in a cave I built(he lives with an upside down catfish - LOL!) and then ther's Happy who is about 2 inches long and hangs on the glass right in front all day! - should have added they're all common plecos though....
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Post by brenda on Apr 4, 2009 23:44:44 GMT -5
Well, for now I have turned the heater horizontal and that seems to have worked. So we will see.
Yes, there are caves and stuff in there.
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Post by Carl on Apr 11, 2009 13:45:37 GMT -5
One idea is to place the heater in a filter that has a slot for your heater, some internal wet/dry filters such as the Resun BF200 have this feature. As well some canister filters have it as well. Carl
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