Can royals have bloodworms?

[aidenb]

Can I feed a 2" royal some bloodworms?

 

[zerojquan85]

Can I feed a 2" royal some bloodworms?

you can but.. why would u want to? Royal plecos need vegetables, fruits and wood.. not blood worms.. they might not even know that its food and probably might not eat it.

Stick to cucumbers and zucchini.

 

[aidenb]

I was just making sure cause I need to feed my eel bloodworms and I wanted to make sure it would be ok if he ate some leftovers

 

[Nemesis]

I don't see why not. It's not a good staple, but if it eats some when your feeding your other fish I don't see a problem.

 

[masterweb]

hmm

wait for someone that have experience with royal.

 

[scatz]

panaques dont have the ability to digest meat protein the same as other plecs do, it is believed that too much protein can cause bloat and other digestive problems, especially with Royals.

 

[MonsterMinis]

I have a royal with my 3 fire eels.. had them together for awhile now. The only concern I have is the royal latching onto an eel to chill and do damage. Never had an issue with it going after the eels food. I do give my pleco lots of drift wood options, zucchini, sinking wafers, and other assorted veggies though so he's not "starved" to try the worms. I've never seen him even go near the eels while feeding.

 

[aqua-nepz]

Algae +sinking algae wafers would do fine.And crushed lettuce as supplement.

 

[Allan01230]

Bloodworms can and will cause bloat promblems in royals.

 

[benzjamin13]

I currently have a small Royal...it's best to feed a variety, but I feed my tank bloodworms and it goes after it as well. It usually just munches on the driftwood in the tank when there isn't any food to go after.