plecos

[simon]

Does anyone else find that there plecos eat othere fish

 

[Alien Anna]

Plecos are vegetarians. Are you sure the fish you're talking about is a pleco, or are you just blaming him for unexplained fish disappearances?

 

[smb]

If they aren't fed enough they might eat the mucous from other fish or if a fish is dead in the tank the plecostomus might feed on it.

 

[Fish_Dude619]

Mine doesn't. But when I went to a petshop there was this dead fish and the pleco was sucking on it.

 

[Alien Anna]

Mine doesn't. But when I went to a petshop there was this dead fish and the pleco was sucking on it.

That's a terrible pet shop!

I strongly suggest you don't go there to buy stock - a dead fish left in a tank is a sign of extreme neglect, and the fact that the pleco was trying to eat him is an indication the poor creature was probably half starved. I know some idiots think that you don't need to feed plecos - they can just live off the molecules in the water or something (since there's no algae for them to eat).

You should report them to the RSPCA/SPCA/whatever other animal welfare organisation you know.

 

[juanveldez]

actually if I remember right there are some pelcos that are carnivioris and on a lighter note when my pirhanas were babies my pelco terry would clean up after them by eating the heads of the neons that they ate

 

[CFC]

My plecs are anything but vegetarians, give them the choice between a slice of courgette/cucumber or a dead fish/mussel/cockle theyll take the meat option everytime. Feeding meaty foods to plecs is good for them and helps them to grow quicker and remain healthier.

 

[kev]

a friend of mine has a huge Pleco that eats frozen mosquito larvy. It doesn't wait for it to sink to the bottom either. It turns upside down and eats from the surface . His tank mate, an oscar (equally large) doesn't like him doing this.

 

[Kissifish]

That's part of any catfish's nature, to clean up dead stuff. Gross, I know; but, in nature there has to be a clean up crew or we'd be in a nastier world than we already have. (Thanks to human intervention. If we leave the animals to do their job, things would be a lot cleaner.)

Sorry, in my environmentalist mode today.

Save the whales. Clean up the world. Don't litter. etc.

 

[KnuckleHead]

My common pleco ate my inlaws otto.

 

[juanveldez]

hey kissi don't forget to hug a F'n tree

 

[SpEeDhOrN]

my m8 had a pleco and it atacked and ate his silver shark. i no this as we watched it chase the silver shark round the tank.

 

[Kissifish]

yep. forgot to hug the tree