Adive On Feeding Your Pleco

[judith]

just a quick question will pleco's eat flake food as well as some veg in their diet. just bought one for tank and need advice

 

[flash22]

Depending on the plec thay like most veg algea wafers (mine like the hikari ones) and carnivore pellets (hikari aswell) or cat fish pellets. most plecs like nothing better than to munch on a piece of bogwood (mine dont mind the piece of mopani i have in my tank but is can be a bit hard for them) there not keen on flake food but will hoover up the left overs on the substrait if there in the mood

 

[PlecMama]

My big guys love flake, they will come and hang out upside down waiting for it when you open the lid, but you shouldn't aim for it to be a food as such. Think of it as an optional extra they might like. Plec wafers, catfish pellets and some veggies are better.

 

[judith]

Depending on the plec thay like most veg algea wafers (mine like the hikari ones) and carnivore pellets (hikari aswell) or cat fish pellets. most plecs like nothing better than to munch on a piece of bogwood (mine dont mind the piece of mopani i have in my tank but is can be a bit hard for them) there not keen on flake food but will hoover up the left overs on the substrait if there in the mood

not sure what my plec is will need to get a pic and get help identifying it.

i have bog wood in my tank but not mopani just the drift wood style bog wood. is it ok to give them bits of our veg in their diet also if so what way do i work that?

 

[judith]

My big guys love flake, they will come and hang out upside down waiting for it when you open the lid, but you shouldn't aim for it to be a food as such. Think of it as an optional extra they might like. Plec wafers, catfish pellets and some veggies are better.

my plec won't come out when lights are on at all has'nt since we got it, i also got clown loach does it need a special diet or will it eat flake food as well?

 

[indigoj]

Most commonly available plecs will come out for some courgette or similar, or prawns if they are omnivores. Weight veggies down with a spoon (stainless steel one) Try cucumber, potato, sweet potato etc, some prefer tehm blanched but mine do fine with them raw, just scrub them well to get rid of any nasties.
Not sure about clown loach as I don't keep them but my other loaches all enjoy a varied diet that includes flake, carnivore pellets, algae wafers and live or frozen foods.

 

[judith]

Most commonly available plecs will come out for some courgette or similar, or prawns if they are omnivores. Weight veggies down with a spoon (stainless steel one) Try cucumber, potato, sweet potato etc, some prefer tehm blanched but mine do fine with them raw, just scrub them well to get rid of any nasties.
Not sure about clown loach as I don't keep them but my other loaches all enjoy a varied diet that includes flake, carnivore pellets, algae wafers and live or frozen foods.

great thanks for the advice, you've have been a great help

 

[Elaine2]

Courgette, sweet potato and butternut squash all go down well with my fellas.

 

[judith]

Courgette, sweet potato and butternut squash all go down well with my fellas.

is this for the plec just or would the clown loach eat them as well??

 

[Davo86]

Courgette, sweet potato and butternut squash all go down well with my fellas.

is this for the plec just or would the clown loach eat them as well??

Do you just have the 1 clown loach? if so he will not be happy, they are very sociable fish that Need to kept with their own kind.

Like the plecs they will eat most veg but they also need some meat in their diet, i.e. bloodworms etc.

 

[Darkstar]

before safely giving the dietry requirements of a particular plec you really need to know what plec you have first...

 

[judith]

Courgette, sweet potato and butternut squash all go down well with my fellas.

is this for the plec just or would the clown loach eat them as well??

Do you just have the 1 clown loach? if so he will not be happy, they are very sociable fish that Need to kept with their own kind.

Like the plecs they will eat most veg but they also need some meat in their diet, i.e. bloodworms etc.

i only have the 1 clown loach, wasn't aware that they needed to be with their own.

The tropical fish shop where i bought it said that it would be fine and ok with the other fish.

so do u advise to get another 1 or 2 to keep with it??

what is the maxium size that they grow to?? mine is about 2'' approx.

before safely giving the dietry requirements of a particular plec you really need to know what plec you have first...

not sure what my plec is it hasn't came out since i got it, it stays under my filter unit it must only come out at night.

still trying to get a pic of it.

 

[darkwolf29a]

Clown Loaches get to be quite large. What size tank do you have? They can get to the 1ft range.

As for Pleco food...the depends on the Pleco. Pictures help most, a REALLY good description might help.

 

[judith]

my tank is a juwel 190lt corner tank wasn't aware that clown loaches could get that big. here is a pic of my plec. i don't know what it is common one i think. how quickly do the clown loach grow???

 

[hollyp0p]

what do pitbull plecs like to chomp on? (other than bogwood)