Pleco "cleaning" shovelnose?

[duke33]

The pleco goes up and down his back munching away, the tiger does'nt seem to mind. He does'nt show any wounds or anything. Is this normal behavior?

 

[keepinfish]

Not good. it can can hurt the sn

 

[cenecker]

Yeah plecos often develope a taste for slime coat and start ravaging slow moving fish. Bichirs are common victims . I'd seperate them immediately

 

[Sturgeon]

YUP! gotta seperate them. The pleco might not be interested in eating the SN, but it will suck off all the slime coat and stress out the SN. Plus, if you allow that, what if the pleco wounds it one day? Not worth taking the chance. I've seen Chinese Algae Eaters suck the slime coat off my old LSN, it did no harm but the LSN hated it. SN's are easily freightened, very aware of their surroundings.

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

I'd remove the pleco as other members have said it will stress the TSN and one day i might move onto a more fragile fish.

 

[doubledragon]

Def. remove the pleco, this is just the beginning. Been there done that. He will def. damage your tsn., in the long run, (to say the least)!!!!!

 

[Fisto]

That sucks bigtime.

I was thinking about a tsn but i have several pleco's, bad idea then ?
Is this bount to happen or a small chance ?

 

[duke33]

I have three about 7-8", I think it's the same one doing it. I'll have to figure something out, to much for a 55 comm. tank. Hmmm...

 

[killerfish]

watch his fins they may start getting riped up

 

[kscichlidfan]

Will just any pleco variety do this or certain kinds? Should I be watching my 7 inch Sailfin more closely? lol But in all seriousness I would imagine this can be a big problem to some with prize specimen type catfish.