plecostomus growth and diet

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hello so i have 2 goldspot plecostomus for a while now, and the dont seem to grow very fast or hardly at all. The other fish in the tank are passing them by far. Theres a breeding pair of synspilum and 3 australian salmontail catfish. I have thought it may be that they are not receiving enough food, after all hardly any of the food has a chance to get down to the bottom with the other fish. I do put algae wafers in a cave everynow and then for them where the other fish cant get to them, but i dont think its enough food seeing as they arnt really growing. What do yous feed your plecostomus?? I have thought about maybe some cucumber but im not sure how to make it stay down the bottom and im not sure if the other fish would go for it
 
I trust you are talking about L001's. I have one that started slow. I got him in 2010. In the first 3.5 years he only grew to 6 inches. In the last year he is up to 10 inches
 
Ahh alright cool then. Do you feed yours cucumber or other veggies?
 
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