Will my pleco eat all the other food?

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Shadownova

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I have two Cory's two apple snails and a pleco and I want to know if the pleco will eat all the food please help
 
Most likely not. Plecos are not very fast eaters and tend to hoard one bit of food rather than eating everything in their path.

Easiest way to know the answer to this though is to watch them.
 
He shouldnt

I have a pleco, and he just eats off of the glass, ornaments, plants, ect. Mine wont even touch the sinking wafers I bought him. He is about a year old now, and I have not had any problems with him being a piggy. But, every fish is different....
 
They eat algae and munch on driftwood for the most part. They aren't really the "cleaner" that everyone expects. If you have meaty foods being left on the bottom first off then your overfeeding but if you'd like a fish to fill that niche a small syndontus cat would be great if your tank is large enough
 
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