Would a pleco eat another fish
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I doubt a pleco could “eat” a fish like an Oscar can but I remember a thread here I think it was where a common pleco learned to catch and eat goldfish because it was the only source of food he was given. I have had a 9” rhino pleco with a 4” African knifefish and he didn’t mess with him. I suppose it depends on if you’re incredibly unlucky, if it’s a meat eating pleco, if it’s aggressive or not, but generally I’d say it would not. Do take my words with a grain of salt though since every situation is different.
No, not if it's alive anyway. They'll certainly eat a chunk of rotting meat floating around the tank though.
Yeah, there are some exceptions, and occasionally some will try to graze/rasp on a fish, but it's not really actively trying to eat them like a predator.