plecos diet

[rweedon]

will my plecos eat cucumber? I just always have it around the house and would hate to have to buy zucchini which I will never eat just them... you know what I am saying?

 

[quix]

depends on what plecos u'r talking abt..plecos like panaques, cochliodons, ancistrus and commons of cos will take cucumbers readily...
carnivores like pseudacanthicus most prob will not touch them..

 

[rweedon]

does pseudacanthicus include acanthicus... cuz when I bought him (anacticus adonis) they were all chowin down on zucchini?

 

[Miles]

That Adonis pleco will eat just about everything.. you should try potatoes too..

My 7" adonis eats bloodworms, krill pellets, and shrimp pellets.. Occasionally a veggie wafer, but it was my understanding the adonis plecos are more of a meat eater..

HBH just put out a new 'soft & moist' sinking krill pellet, all my bottom dwellers absolutely love them..

 

[rweedon]

the silver dollars eat everything before it can make it to the bottom!!!

 

[quix]

although zucchini/cucumbers and potatoes are good food, but they foul up the water pretty easily..just watch your water there if u feed those often...best is to feed right before water change..

 

[peanut]

yes and peas

 

[tom h]

any pleco i've ever had allways loved cukes and would guard them voraciously the only time i've seen them agressive at all