12 pleco

[tfaceon]

i just got ride of my rtc so i fill ed my tank with all the guppy's and ghost shrimp from my 10 gallon and things are missing the only fish i have in my big tank are a 12 common pleco and a 5+ gold fish all my shrimp are gone and most of my baby guppy's who's eating them?

 

[sandtiger]

Most likely the pleco but if the goldfish are large enough they would eat them as well.

 

[WyldFya]

Actually plecos don't bother shrimp very much. The gold fish will eat anything that fits in their mouths, and are the likely culprit.

 

[tfaceon]

thankx i'll get rid of the gold fish then

 

[sandtiger]

Actually plecos don't bother shrimp very much. The gold fish will eat anything that fits in their mouths, and are the likely culprit.

I would not put it past a common pleco to go after shrimp.

 

[Bizzaro]

I use to have ghost shrimp. Tell they jumped out of the tank avoiding my LMB lol.

 

[Cohazard]

A lot of times, big goldfish will 'try' to eat small fish, and end up spitting them out dead... then your plecs take over from there.

 

[WyldFya]

I would not put it past a common pleco to go after shrimp.

I've never had a problem with the combination. With my many plecos, and shrimps over the years. Even large carnivorous commons don't bother shrimp very much.

 

[sandtiger]

Yeah but I assume you feed your plecos? I know with many underfed plecos they wil resport eating other things, like fish slime coat. And that brings up a good question. Tfaceon, have you been feeding your pleco?

 

[WyldFya]

Yeah but I assume you feed your plecos? I know with many underfed plecos they wil resport eating other things, like fish slime coat. And that brings up a good question. Tfaceon, have you been feeding your pleco?

Actually, even well fed plecos occasionally will become hunters. I've had a few go this way, and they will take down anything that swim basically. I still don't really have any problems with shrimp and even these extreme plecos.