Hungry Pleco??

[Lil'Fishy]

I have an L200, 2 clown loaches and a bunch of top feeders. Any suggestions on how to get some food to the pleco?? He is not very swift, any food that falls to the bottm is attacked by the loaches. I've tried flakes, sinking wafers, blood worms, and alge pellets.

Is there anything he will like that the loaches will stay away from? Or, could it be that he is getting enough to eat and i just dont know it??

 

[TankGirl]

Welcome to AA, Lil'Fishy!

Do you feed after lights out? That's the best time to try to get food to a pleco. Even so, you can try a strip of zuchinni rubber banded to a rock, or otherwise wedged into the substrate after lights out. In the AM you will likely find it seriously shaved down.

 

[Lil'Fishy]

Thanks!! I will try, he does seem to 'come out' alot more when the lights are off.