I think of it like this. New cichlids are like new puppies. New Pleco's are like new fruit trees. You plant new fruit trees, just forget about em until next year, other than watering them. Same thing with Pleco's. Very frustrating getting a new Pleco, and then waiting around for a few months until it starts eating and coming out. You get a new puppy, or cichlid, it's tearing up the house/tank on the first day. You're feeding it day one.