Feeding your pleco

[dbaeunn]

Out of curiosity...
What have you fed your pleco that they've liked/disliked??

 

[Brookster123]

What don't i feed my pleco?! What kind do you have? The diets can vary slightly between the different varieties.

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[dbaeunn]

That's a wide variety!! Do you feed fruits or veggies?
Mine is a scaredy-cat!! HAHAHA, he's a bristle nose.

 

[Coyne]

Too funny Brookster. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one with a fridge/freezer that looks like that.

I have two BN plecos and I feed them all sorts of stuff. Besides the normal algae wafers and shrimp pellets, I'll also feed them cucumber or zucchini slices, peas and, more recently the Rapashy gel food.
My Calico BN goes after everything, but I've only actually seen my Albino BN eat the veggie slices. She must be a secret nighttime eater.


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[1998golfer]

Mine seems to like to munch on my Albino Cory catfish.. He's knocked off 3 of them Other than that, I feed him algae wafers and Fluval sinking pellets

 

[dbaeunn]

Ohhh.. mine stalks me at night. If I sit on the couch on the other side of the room at night he comes out but if I make the slightest move he bee lines to his hiding spot!

 

[MajorMentos]

Everynow and then i put some sinking discus pellets, all the other fish i have enjoy them too. I tried to feed them zucchini, but it went untouched.


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[Fishobsessed7]

Algae wafers, DW, and zucchini


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[seove]

Algae wafers, shrimp pellets, chopped spinach

 

[dbaeunn]

I've tried sweet potato and Apple so far, nothing.

 

[AdamsAquarium]

Those that use vegetable slices, you boil them first? I heard it makes it softer and easier to eat

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[CoronaBlue]

Yes I Blanche my veggies

 

[mudraker]

I feed mine almost all the foods listed above, but they LOVE canned green beans.

 

[MICEY]

it takes a few days for them to learn that its food when you put a new type of veggie in the tank
I put mine on a tiny shrimp fork with heavy fishing line and lower it into the same spot all the time so they learn to eat there

 

[Camescu]

I'm not convinced I do feed mine. He hides all the time. I maybe see him once a week.

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