View Full Version : A Tubiflex worm eating Pleco
skeletonhand
12-05-2006, 8:38 AM
I don't know if this is normal but my common Pleco will come to the surface when I throw in a tubiflex worm cube. It's not like I don't feed him, he gets algae discs and pieces of lettuce. Here are some pics. Anybody else have this happen?
SKEL
Rallysman
12-05-2006, 9:27 AM
My pleco eats sinking pellets and goes to the top to nail shrimp as it falls to the bottom.
sarcare
12-05-2006, 9:29 AM
From the thread title, I thought you had a tubiflex worm eating your pleco--that would be a sight to see!
jennfier
12-05-2006, 9:30 AM
They'll eat a lot of different things. The older they are, the less they're interested in algae, and more into whatever you're feeding the others. From your title, I thought you were saying the worm is eating your pleco.. you need hyphens man ! hehe ;)
Peanutsweet
12-05-2006, 9:43 AM
My pleco is just 2" long, but he eats anything.
very active and swims around alot. likes to 'hang out' near the spray bar on my outlet filter.
bluefinned
12-05-2006, 12:57 PM
My pleco "vacuums" blood worms off the bottom, besides his vegetable diet!
Malefic23
12-05-2006, 8:38 PM
Common plecos tend to be oppertunity feeders. He's enhancing the protien in his diet with a little tubiflex, no worries. Mine take everything from fresh zuchini to raw shrimp down. Keep in mind, common plecos are "bulk" eaters. Even if he's getting enough nutrients from algae wafers and lettuce, he might not feel full. In nature, these fish consume large amounts of detrius every day. Supplimenting him with a little parboiled zuchini might help him feel a little fuller, but he's still going to nibble your tubiflex cubes sometimes. And your koi pellets, and your flake food, and your shrimp pellets, and your cichild floaters and anything else he can get his suckermouth on. These fish like to eat!
skeletonhand
12-05-2006, 9:09 PM
What's really funny about it, is he just started today. I fed the fish some frozen blood worms this evening, and guess who came up. Mr. Pleco. It's fine by me! If he's hungry let him eat.
SanitySake
12-14-2006, 7:43 AM
From the thread title, I thought you had a tubiflex worm eating your pleco--that would be a sight to see!
xD i thought that too heh
MMmmm...well, as plecos get older they eat a wider variety of things...my pleco hid under a piece of wood for about three weeks after i bought him and now he swims around more and nibbles at the plants in my tank
ChileRelleno
12-17-2006, 11:28 AM
See my stickied thread at the top of this forum...