Hello all, I have two Pleco's. They aren't any longer than say, 6 - 7 inches. I purchased 3 Albino Channel cats about 7 months ago and they grew to be 13 inches long. The first CC died about two months ago. I didn't know what was causing all of these raised welts on his body. I soon found out that the Pleco cats were sliding up to him, latching on with that suction mouth and begin sucking! I would beat them off whenever I could catch them but of course, I can't be there to watch the tank 24/7, and if the CC's don't have sense enough to MOVE, what could I do? Suffice it to say, the first CC died. That left me two. A few months later, the same thing. Now I'm down to one and he's grown to quite a large size. I changed the tank around a little and I haven't seen the Pleco's on the CC since. My question is this: WHY do the Pleco's do that and WHY does the idiot CC just STAND there and LET them? I prefer my CC to the Pleco's so if it's a matter of incompatibility, I'll gladly give up the Pleco's. Anyone have an answer?
! I do agree with the above. I have kept differents species of plecs for 9+ years and never had one suck on fish. I have heard many stories of Chinese Algae eaters doing this as pretty normal behavior (have seen some do it too, don't know how well fed they were though) but not plecs! Good luck feeding them, hope all works out well!
