Pleco sucking on FRT shell ~ Is this bad?

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Like the subject says, I just noticed my common pleco sucking on my new FRT's shell.

Is this harmfull to my new baby?!?!?!?

 

[RsaidF]

my pleco has been doing this for the past 3 months and my frt is fine. previously i had albino algae eaters that would do the same no problems either till the frt ate them

 

[Oddball]

It can become a problem quickly if your water isn't perfect for the FRT. FRTs do best in brackish heavily alkaline conditions. They also have a slime layer as is evidenced by their habit of sloughing after transport. Breaking this layer can leave them vulnerable to infection. At any rate, why would you want to risk a rare and expensive FRT with a $2 pleco?

 

[rayman45]

kill pleco

 

[bermuda]

plecos that don't get enough food and get big enough eat meat. whether or not this is "true" in an encyclopedia article, my neighbor had to trade her pleco in for a smaller model because it started eating her fish.

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

pleco now go bye bye!

thanks guyz...

 

[cichlid savage]

What kind of pleco and how much $$?

 

[DeLgAdO]

i wouldnt worry if it was a common pleco

if it was a panque (did i spell that right?) however.............

 

[DeLgAdO]

pleco now go bye bye!

thanks guyz...

you could have just kept the pleco well fed too........

 

[davo]

nah, not if it already had a taste for it. you def. did the right thing there mate