mucus slime coat

[Arowana King]

pleco and clown loach tankmates kept on sucking discus slime coat, so gettin rid of everything and just arowana and polypterus with discus

 

[SovietFireExtinguisher]

OK.

 

[haynchinook334]

sounds good.

 

[NUMB3RS]

okay...good call...

 

[cgronko]

Yeah, they will eventually kill your discus if you dont get rid of them!

 

[Yanbbrox]

Plecos will attach themselves to discus, there seems to be something in the slime coat that makes them do that, not recommended tank mates

 

[Diamond Discus]

I've never had my albino bristlenose bother my discus. Also I've never heard of clown loaches doing it, that is a new one to me: but have heard of ottos attaching and other types of plecos.

 

[hillbilly]

Plecos will sometimes attach to discus if they don't get enough to eat. Once they get a taste for the slime, it's almost impossible to make them stop this behaviour. Some people buy plecos and let them scavenge for food, never feeding them. This can be a mistake, because the pleco starves, and then that's when the "sucking" starts.

 

[Ullopincrate]

certain plecos exhibit this behavior. I'd yank his butt out of there. Some species of pleco aren't known to do this. I've never see a bn do it. But bottom line I'd pull out anything messing with my discus.

 

[hillbilly]

certain plecos exhibit this behavior. I'd yank his butt out of there. Some species of pleco aren't known to do this. I've never see a bn do it. But bottom line I'd pull out anything messing with my discus.

Yeah, me too. I have 47 discus at the moment, and they come first over the other fish.