Live Foods For Pleco's?

[plecostomus-mad]

what live foods can i give to my bn and 2 x clown plecos? would be great if i can get a large list

mark

 

[~T~]

These fish are pretty much compleatly vegitarian so they have no need for live food. Occasional feeds of frozen food such as bloodworms would be possible though I wouldnt think it would be very good for them to get this often. You should also provide driftwood for your clowns to gnaw on.

 

[plecostomus-mad]

my sig pic/s have wood in.lol infact i have 2 rather large pieces in there. alot of plecos are omnivorous so they like meaty foods.my bn is one of them and i think clowns like a bit of protein too.

 

[Darkstar]

my sig pic/s have wood in.lol infact i have 2 rather large pieces in there. alot of plecos are omnivorous so they like meaty foods.my bn is one of them and i think clowns like a bit of protein too.

Your clown plec isn't though, it's a member of the panaque family and so should have a diet primarily based on wood, with additional veg. Panaques really shouldn't be given meaty foods, other than as an occasional treat.

 

[plecostomus-mad]

my sig pic/s have wood in.lol infact i have 2 rather large pieces in there. alot of plecos are omnivorous so they like meaty foods.my bn is one of them and i think clowns like a bit of protein too.

Your clown plec isn't though, it's a member of the panaque family and so should have a diet primarily based on wood, with additional veg. Panaques really shouldn't be given meaty foods, other than as an occasional treat.

i feed all mine fresh veg,and algae wafers.they do go nuts for the pellets i give to my corys though,especially the clowns?

 

[kiriyama]

Hi , I have seen my BN eat some frozen bloodworm, still struggling to find out what veg he likes, h's very shy, I added a piece of mopani(?) wood for him and removed some of the rockwork, he seem s quite happy now, I'm sure I have seen him eating frozen daphnia , brine shrimp, mysis and also krill, wish I could find out what veg he likes though, my 2 juvi females I had liked lots of variety.....

 

[plecostomus-mad]

my bn loves cucumber and potato. have you tried these?

 

[fishnovice]

My baby BN love cucumber, courgettes and potato too

 

[Gilli]

BN will eat pretty much anything and should be given frozen 'live' foods every now and then - the female in particualr needs some meat in her diet. Both my male and female love shrimp brine, bloodworm, glassworm,daphnia infact anything I puut in the community tank!

In the veg and fruit dept they love watermelon, red peppers, sweet potato, courgettes, cucumber and peas as well as flake food and algae wafers.