Care for the Following Pleco Species I am interested In?

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I haven't kept many fancy plecos before all I've had was bristlenose plecos and common plecos and I know they are vegan start out as algae eaters and then eat pretty much anything as they get bigger.
But I would like to know diets and other care info for the following pleco species I am interested in:
L200 pleco
L114 pleco
L191 and L190 plecos
L201 pleco
L177 PLECO (gold nugget)
Vampire Pleco (gold)
Sultan Pleco
L600 pleco
L160 pleco
Thank you in advance for any help.
 
carnivore
L114 pleco
L600 pleco
L160 pleco
L201 pleco
Vampire Pleco (gold)
Sultan Pleco (I have one he loves tilapia)

wood eater
L191 and L190 plecos (I've got a L190 and a L027a they are great)

algae and vegetable eater
L200 pleco
L177 PLECO (gold nugget)

a good source of info is planetcatfish.com
 
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thefredpit said:
carnivore
L114 pleco
L600 pleco
L160 pleco
L201 pleco
Vampire Pleco (gold)
Sultan Pleco (I have one he loves tilapia)

wood eater
L191 and L190 plecos (I've got a L190 and a L027a they are great)

algae and vegetable eater
L200 pleco
L177 PLECO (gold nugget)

a good source of info is planetcatfish.com
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Awesome good to know very helpful.
So the carnivore plecos should help with the leftover shrimp and meaty stuff that the myleus silverdollars, cichlids, lima and bgk miss? How do they eat with their short mouths?
Yea the Royals are cool have owned a few in the past love them. Gotta get some big driftwood pieces for decor and them. So the royals will mainly eat the wood?
The veggie eaters will have a lot of veggie foods available as I do feed lettuce and stuff to the silverdollars.
 
I keep my royals and sultan with my bichirs and afer knife and they seem to do well I'll try to remember to video the sultan at feeding time but he can be shy if I'm close to the tank. If I don't feed early enough he trys to go after the mystery snails
 
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In my experience, all plecos will eat meat, veggies and wood. I think that when people say 'carnivore' or 'wood eater', they mean mostly.
 
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I keep my royals and sultan with my bichirs and afer knife and they seem to do well I'll try to remember to video the sultan at feeding time but he can be shy if I'm close to the tank. If I don't feed early enough he trys to go after the mystery snails
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Oh nice, I'd love to see him eat if you are able to film it.

J. H. said:
In my experience, all plecos will eat meat, veggies and wood. I think that when people say 'carnivore' or 'wood eater', they mean mostly.
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Yea that thought did cross my mind, so all of the fancy plecos I have will eat well.
 
My big 191 will get down on some shrimp tail and tilapia, pushes the "carnivores" right out of the way.

I try and provide a mix, they will figure out what they like. I basically feed a variety:

Zucchini, Green Beans, Yams, Melon
Hikari sinking gold, Algae wafers
Cut fish, raw shrimp, clam

Plus plenty of wood variety. Mopani, Malaysian, local collected driftwood.
 
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