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Toro Driver
06-22-2003, 11:56 AM
Does any one know if a Pleco alge eater will eat my plants. Its giving the barbs in my kids tank hell.
Faramir
06-23-2003, 2:44 AM
They don't usually eat plants. They can be buggers for pulling them up as they swim around with those stiff pectorals though.
Tempest
06-23-2003, 7:06 AM
My bristlenose has been rubbing my Rubin sword a bit too close but it's not purposely eating it.
eve_1_4_80
06-26-2003, 5:31 PM
The pleco shouldnt eat your plants if you keep it well fed. It may , however, uproot your plants with a swing of its gigantic tail.
thecowman
06-27-2003, 11:40 PM
It may also depend on the type of plants you keep. In my experience, I have found that my pl*cos are much less likely to eat plants with thicker leaves such as java ferns. This said, I think that most of the time any damage to plants caused by pl*cos is accidental, either by uprooting them with the fins or tail, or by accidentally munching the edges off trying to eat the algae.