pleco chronic pooping behaviour?

[ahboy22]

I have a 3" common pleco which is constantly pooping all the time. It seem to be sucking onto a rock & poop a long string of feces. Once it thinks it's long enough or bout time, it will swim around ornaments like fake plants & decorate it like a christmas tree with it's poop. Is this behaviour normal or healthy. I feed it an algae wafer a day. Does all species of pleco in general poop this much? Seeking wisdom from pleco owners. 8O

 

[mr86mister]

pleco's are the biggest poopers in the world

its a great thing he is always pooping because it means he is constantly eating and is being fed well

you have a very happy pleco!!!

 

[Meredith]

Definitely normal. I had a common plec and he would decorate his tank the same way.

 

[RogerMcAllen]

Yep, perfectly normal. They don't digest very well, so the pretty much continually eat and poop.

 

[talloulou]

super duper pooper!

 

[Zagz]

Yes it tends to look like Christmas tree garland around the tank, just not as pretty.

 

[Guest]

the first time i saw about a 6 inch long poop i freaked out and thought his intestines were coming out or something (silly i know) but i have come to realize that pleco's are notorious for their long poops.

 

[Steven A]

I know, whenever I did my water changes with the syphon filter I use to have to put some food at other end of the tank so the plec would move from his cave so I could syphon his poo corner/cave out 8O . LOL

 

[ahboy22]

Well, that's a relieve to know. Thank you all for your feedback! Appreciate it