PLECO CLEANING GG

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piggy67

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HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN A PLECO CLEANING ANOTHER FISH ?I have a giant gourami,24 inches long in a 100gal.He's in with a pleco that's about 8 inches.Some times he chases it and other times the pleco acts like he's cleaning him.The funny thing is some times he doesn't seem to mind it.could this hurt my gg as far as sucking the slime off him.:WHOA:
 
it's not a good thing. the plec is consuming the slime coat of the GG. this can only be negative for the GG.

Luckilt the GG is much bigger than the plec.
 
sooooo alge disc,stop scraping alge off tank,any suggestions?
 
add some protein to your plecos diet. my p.scrophus loves zucinni-raw( slice a piece off and stuff it like a ron popeil ham with some shrimp pellets use a fork in one end to make it sink) then set and forget it. i also found by stuffing with pellets my plecos realized sooner that zucinni was food as my lfs does not feed their plecos any veggies. you should have seen the look on their faces when i suggested that they should try it!
 
TY FOR YOUR INPUT,I TRY TO FEED HIM ALGE DISC BUT MY GG WONT LET THEM GET TO THE BOTTOM.
 
my guy doesnt even touch the algae disks anymore he eats what is left on the bottom, cucumber, and raw shrimp (fights the other fish for it lol)
 
Get a bigger tank for the gg and or distract the big fella with some pellets or something good like shirmp or prawns while you get some food down to the pleco. I dont think that gg could eat ALL the food before it hits the bottom I've seen a 2' AGG eat before and it ate slowly, and was in a 210
 
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