yesterday at my lfs my friend, the manager, told me that only common plecos and blue eyed plecos eat algue off the glass in your take.
thats bs right?
thats bs right?
yesturday i think i was told some false info, help me out?
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Al the otto plecos are algae specialists. Most omnivore plecs will nibble at the glass when bored. Chaeostoma are great. My L200 is mature and still loves cleaning the glass for me. So I'd agree that you received false info.
<schpiel> Of course, you ahould never expect any pleco to just live on algae and fallen food. They are fish in their own right and need a balanced diet like any fish.</schpiel>
<schpiel> Of course, you ahould never expect any pleco to just live on algae and fallen food. They are fish in their own right and need a balanced diet like any fish.</schpiel>
Like mentioned above, most enjoy driftwood snacking, but any pleco could get bored or just crave a little algae off the glass.
if you have an excess of algae on the walls, and no fish that might scare a plec, than they might hang out on the glass a lot. but mine seems to enjoy the driftwood, its all about the individual.
I have never seen green on the glass of any tanks that had plecos in them fyi.they will clean for you. seem to slow down as they get older around a foot long now the common and high fin /sail fin getting lazy. lol
thanks guys, and i feed mine waffers too, but always see all my plecos eating off the glass when there are no waffers in the tank
it was bad intel . . . I second an earlier comment, otocinclus cats and chaetostoma - - bulldog/rubber plecos - - will spend much (most) of their time on the glass . . . I keep otos in my small tanks, bulldogs in the larger ones (and sometimes both)
but for sure, you need to supplement their diets, they could starve otherwise . . .
but for sure, you need to supplement their diets, they could starve otherwise . . .
I've had 4 different kinds of plecos over the last 5 years, and it was a very rare occurrence to see a pleco on the glass.
They're always on driftwood, caves, or a filter.
They're always on driftwood, caves, or a filter.