Common Pleco

[Himmel]

He wont touch algea pellets, so I put a cucumber slice in he wont touch that either (my female bettas LOVE it)

The pleco will suck on the glass and eat fish food that has fallen so I always try to make sure some gets to the gravel for him lol

I just dont want him to get sick and die from lack of food ?


He looks fairly healthy to me though heres a pic maybe that will help (there are 3 filters in this tank lol one is just a small gold fish bowl filter
one is a whisper 10l and one is a aquaclear I broke a tank so I just put the filter in this tank to keep the bacteria alive untill I buy another tank.

 

[§tudz]

you could try lectuce leaves, cucumber, shelled par-bioled peas.

Can I ask what size tank it is in? as none in your profile are any where near big enough for it

 

[Himmel]

"you could try lectuce leaves, cucumber, shelled par-bioled peas"

I have tried these things I have also tried carrots and ummmm celery.

He is currently in an 80 galI just havent updated my profile in a little while lol

 

[§tudz]

lol ok thought I'd just check,

have you tried TetraTabimin? my plecs and other catfish love the stuff.
also try bloodworm, frozen or live NOT freeze dried as that floats.

Your plec maybe getting full on organisms on the glass etc... I have a L168 plec... and it doesnt eat anything, but it is surely eating something in the tank

/me looks at all the poop he has to suck up every day... lol

 

[HendrixTheOscar]

Try skinning a potato mine loved that what i had him. I wouldn't worry too much though as they eat the algae off the sides and undoubtedly ingest some of the other fish' food.