I'd suggest maybe removing some of the caves while still leaving some spots for them to hide. Like leaving plants and driftwood in but taking rock caves out. They'll still be visible but feel hidden.
non-nocturnal pleco's?
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zenyfish;4222046; said:
x2. Claro's are probably the most active pleco's I've ever owned.
Reality is, all plecos prefer to hide. There's a saying-- "a hiding pleco is a happy pleco." The best you can hope for is, with time, one that begs for food when it's feeding time.
My ancistrus are also active during the day. Like others have said, it's more down to individual personalities opposed to species (though of'course in some cases a fish truely is exclusively nocternal 
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My fish are in a smallish room so they are constantly exposed to my moving around; thus they only flee when i squeeze my face up against the glass to make coo'in sounds. *whistles*
).My fish are in a smallish room so they are constantly exposed to my moving around; thus they only flee when i squeeze my face up against the glass to make coo'in sounds. *whistles*
My Gibbiceps plecos were always active during the day.
One thing you can do is throw in some zuichini or cucumber. I used to feed that every day so I could watch them all the time (probaly doesn't work with every pleco cause they don't all like fruits). If you think plecos create a lot of waste, watch them when you feed zuichini everyday, the amount of poo in my tank wasn't even funny anymore.
One thing you can do is throw in some zuichini or cucumber. I used to feed that every day so I could watch them all the time (probaly doesn't work with every pleco cause they don't all like fruits). If you think plecos create a lot of waste, watch them when you feed zuichini everyday, the amount of poo in my tank wasn't even funny anymore.
I don't think I've ever had a pleco that wasn't active at all during the day. My current pleco (a large gibby) is probably the least active pleco I've owned, and I still see it out in the open multiple times a day.
My common does not hide, but my lighting is just regular lightbulbs. He is always on the glass, unless there is cucumbers or algae warfers on the bottom of the tank.
mark377;4378509; said:My Gibbiceps plecos were always active during the day.
One thing you can do is throw in some zuichini or cucumber. I used to feed that every day so I could watch them all the time (probaly doesn't work with every pleco cause they don't all like fruits). If you think plecos create a lot of waste, watch them when you feed zuichini everyday, the amount of poo in my tank wasn't even funny anymore.
i had a large gibby that was very active and currently have a baby gibby that is already exremely active and feeding all day after only 48 hours of being in the tank. i have also heard that the l014 are pretty active as well.
