How can I feed my pleco/clown loach

[victimizati0n]

My pleco stays inside his driftwood all day untill feeding time, and he woll come out, and suck on the glass.

I give them 2 sinking pellets, but all of my bottom feeders eat it (2 corys, 2 YoYo loaches, and 3 clown loaches)

How can I get my pleco to feed?

Also, I have 3 clown loaches, and 2 of them come out and eat their sinking pellet, but one just stays inside their hiding place.. what should I do?

 

[Nuriel]

Plecos eat the driftwood so dont worry about him not feeding. I am sure he is eating to his hearts delight! Clown Loaches like to hide alot during the day, sometimes if you set up the arrangments different it can make a difference in the presence of certain fish.

 

[StreetCypher]

You could try feeding 1/2 after lights out. Always feed your pleco in the same spot, that way it'll know where to look for for food.

 

[ChicoRaton]

plecos rasp on driftwood to get roughage but it won't give them all the nutrition they need. try sliced of cucumber or zuchini(sp) tied to a rock. If you dip spinach leaves in boiling water for a couple seconds they usually like that too. HTH

 

[QCppg]

Also try feeding algae wafers... Only herbivourous fish seem to like these, but they contain fish meal so they will provide protien for your pleco.

 

[victimizati0n]

Also try feeding algae wafers... Only herbivourous fish seem to like these, but they contain fish meal so they will provide protien for your pleco.

I tried that lastnight, and my YoYo loach, and one of my clown loaches was eating it. I was trying to look in the tank, and my mom turned the room light on, and i saw my pleco dart to about where the wafer was around the tank, so he might of been eating it.

 

[jamzwayne]

victimizati0n

Chico is right. Veggies is the way to go...mine loves em...I feed him a slice of cucumber and squash every other day. After he gets adapted to it, he will be on those veggies like white on rice. I found its a good idea to warm the veggies up on the stove to soften them up some, but not too much.


spartan brought a good point too. I always feed mine right in the front. I always drop the veggies in the same place. I try and make life as easy as possible for him.

Is it possible for him to eventually get "used to seeing" me and get to the point he "knows" me?

 

[QCppg]

The only problem with feeding a pleco just veggies is that all plecos, and common plecos in perticular, need to have protien in their diet. IMO keep trying the algae wafers, all my plecos love 'em.

 

[Archangel]

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I'd probably try feeding more. Clown's are very stingy w/ their food. Mine don't even share w/ each other, let alone my Zebra's or other fish. 2 pellets is not a whole lot of food. I normally drop about 10-12 shrimp pellets, 8-10 algea wafers, and a smidge of flakes in every nite, going about 1 nite a week w/o food at all. I usually cut back if I add a treat like cucumber, but that's just me. Maybe I overfeed(my clown's are only 3") but they're some healthy, robust looking buggers.

 

[cloud]

i tried out a small piece of grilled chicken for my corys the other day and both them and my pleco had a grand old time feeding on it.