Pick On Someone Your Own Size

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Would anyone possibly have any explaination as to why my platy fry are picking on my pleco? My tank is a 55g community. There are about 20 platy fry(they are just the ones who happened to survive). They range in size from about 1/4 - 3/4 of an inch. Whenever my pleco is out in the open there are 2 fry that peck at him. They peck the same way as they do at my plants. He just lets them do it and I guess when he's had enough then he moves. They are soon going to my LFS but I'm just wondering why they may be doing this.
 
Mabey he has bits of food or something stuck to him that they are eating?

That would be my guess, or they are just trying to show off in front of the others. My guppy fry bother everything in the tank at one time or another.
Dave
 
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