New Common Pleco Is Pooping.... A Lot

[indigoj]

Courgette, a prawn now and then, many other veggies and some fruits. I'm sure there is a list on here somewhere.

Please do listen to the advice about size though, a common plec will grow very fast. I was sold a gibbiceps (grows even larger but similar growth rate) when I first started and now have a 6ft tank primarily bought to house him. He reached 12" within abou t14 months and had outgrown a 20g in 3 months.

 

[Inchyally]

Courgette, a prawn now and then, many other veggies and some fruits. I'm sure there is a list on here somewhere.

Please do listen to the advice about size though, a common plec will grow very fast. I was sold a gibbiceps (grows even larger but similar growth rate) when I first started and now have a 6ft tank primarily bought to house him. He reached 12" within abou t14 months and had outgrown a 20g in 3 months.

I'll try my best to get a bigger tank in time. I still am wondering why the man at the LFS told me it would take five years to outgrow a 20.... I had never kept a Pleco before so I didin't know.

 

[always4lora]

don't know any plec's that clean the tank yet , most of them move stuff about , move crap from the sides of the tanks to the bottom of the tank when it poops.

 

[Liam50]

hey just reading the posts no one has really answered your question as has gone on about how big they grow. i would say that all the mess they clean up from the glass or objects is going to be laid on he flour in a brown strand i would advise making sure your filtration is up to scratch before worrying about a bigger tank. but none the less a larger is required.