Royal Pleco without driftwood

[tiger15]

Has anyone kept a Royal Pleco alive without driftwood. I am interested in acquiring a Royal Pleco in my rockscape cichlid tank but don't want to add a driftwood just for the pleco.

 

[ecoli73]

No.


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[Jackson]

I know of one guy who says he doesnt keep wood with them hes full of crap.

When yoi say rock scaped cichlid tank I guess you mean africans
South american fish dont mix well with africans and vise versa

 

[lix.ma14]

Plecos need driftwood to survive? never heard of that!

 

[Recumbent]

I have done it but don't reccomend it. They grow slower and you have to be carefull of what you feed them (no protein and wafers with sawdust and spirulina).

 

[Warborg]

I had a royal that just stayed on driftwood and won't eat... He almost starved to death until I removed it. Then he started to eat again. Got healthy and lived for another year(s) with no driftwood.

The LFS I got him from didn't have driftwood either.

Despite saying this I do believe they should have access to it as they eat it naturally(I think mine was an oddball).

 

[cali~budfish]

Just took mine back to an lfs after having it for six months or so. I had a large piece of mopani that he would chow down on but once I put the manzanita in the tank he fed on it almost excluseively. The reason I took him back was after two days the tank would need to be gravel vacc'd. Thing was a sawdust factory! Only got 12 bucks credit for him and they turned around and sold it for almost fifty. I didn't mind much cuz now my tank is SO much cleaner. Never again. But yeah they need wood.


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[in2cichlids]

Isn't that a sin? A royal with no wood?

The end is near

 

[RampageRR]

Plecos need driftwood to survive? never heard of that!

Just panaques, like royals and clowns.

To the OP - if you're planning on buying a royal, you should definitely have wood in the tank for him. A huge part of their diet in the wild consists of wood, it wouldn't be fair to keep one without providing proper care IMO.

 

[Rotaryp04s]

They dnt need a big pieces of drift wood just a tiny one will do as long there is wood in the tank. Royal need wood to survive and the wood help wear down their teeths.