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I just purchased a common pleco (4cm) and is currently in my 2ft fry tank. It planted with mostly Anubias and a few corkscrew wal and some Elodea/Egeria. Its mainly full of guppy fry with a tiny internal filter with filter wool around it. Its only been in the tank for only 1 hour...his feeding on the cory catfish waffer but doesnt seem to move much. Im going to add some driftwood and plants in the tank so it can munch on some wood.

His home is only temporary...until i find a larger tank...his goin to be in the fry tank. Just wondering if any special care is needed for them and what types of foods he love to munch on.

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Regards
Mango

Last edited by mangor34 at 14-Feb-2005 08:46

I can't think of any special care that the fish would need, since the common pleco is so hardy. As for food, slices of zucchini or cucumber will be greedily devoured (most likely at night), and algae wafers will be eaten as well. Plecos will eat live foods as well, and aren't above munching on resting fish fry. If you notice that some of the baby guppies are disappearing, you know who to blame...

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Pleco's like Driftwood alot. My 3 BN are always on the Driftwood that i have in my tank.



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What if I place the pleco with my 3 bns...(about 12cm long...one male and 2 femals)...? Will they be ok?

In what size tank? From what I've read about them, common plecos can become nasty towards other Loricariid tankmates as they age, especially if there aren't enough caves for every fish.

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I wouldn't trust a Common Pleco with BN's.



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The pleco is only 4cms now and bns are at 12cm.