Pleco eats everything!!!!

[Dovii dude]

I always thought that Plecos only eat Algae,but my 9-10 inch guy eats everything!!!Flakes,pellets,shrimp,he even chewed up a feeder,is this common???I throw in 5-6 Algae discs every nite.

 

[ewurm]

Not all plecos are herbivores. My common eats pellets and flakes. My Gold Nugget eats shrimp pellets and bloodworms.

 

[lil_blue]

as long as your other fish are ok, whats the problem?

and most species of pleco actually dont do a great job of cleaning up algae btw

 

[davo]

i dont think there is a pleco that lives soley on algae. a lot need protein, either from wood or meat, and they eat veggies like no tomorrow. it is odd however for a pleco to take a feeder. was it already dead? ive heard of plecos eating live fish occasionally but it is more once in a blue moon. ive heard galaxy sp. are prone to do that more than others, but there shouldnt really be a reason for it. plecos usually will only go after fish if they have a lack of protein

 

[Dovii dude]

Yes the feeder was dead already.

 

[Kuda]

i threw a coimmon pleco into my 55 with all the walls covered in algea and i woke the next morning to see that the tank was spotless, amazing

 

[Daniel Machado]

Actually, some plecos are CARNIVORE... Most Pseudacanthicus (as the galaxy), Leporacanthicus and Hypancistrus fit here. They're at least carnivore omnivores, what means they DON'T EAT ALGAE. Most species are omnivores, or herbivore omnivores... Actually I can't point a purely herbivore species.

Best regards.

Daniel.

 

[Tigrinus]

hahahahaha yeah it is normal for many species of pleco.

5-6 algea wafer things a night? Man thats alot. of money

 

[PinkPanther]

My common is total length of 13 inches, he likes zuchinni ans shrimp pellets. Had him for about three years. His name is Godzilla.