I have an albino chocolate pleco, about 3 inches or so who is going a little crazy. It has become extremely aggressive and attacks the other fish I have in the tank. It pretty much leaves the Bichir alone except for feeding time, when he goes out of his way to not let the Bichir near anything I put in the tank for him (pellets, meal worms, wax worms, etc).He has stopped eating the algae wafers I have been feeding him and now eats nothing but the shrimp pellets for my Bichir. I'm not sure if this has anythig to do with my problem or not. I've never experienced behavior like this from a Pleco before. Anyone else ever see this or have any ideas on what might be causing this? I'm baffled...
HELP!! Pleco going NUTS
- Thread starter sunnyman
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sunnyman;2584740; said:
How big is your tank? Some plecos have a temper, i have a green phantom who is a terror. I would suggest using something to break up lower level of the tank, like rock fragments, driftwood, etc.
I had a flying fox like that. Killed all the other FF and became highly aggressive around feeding. Ending up moving it to another tank. You may try buying a similar sized calm mannered one from pet store then take back the one you have.