Algae Eating Placo

[Briko03]

I have a placo and it seems very shy. Basicly the only time i seem to see it is in the dark. I also have a shrimp in the tank and i have seen him munch on an algae wafer however I have yet to see the placo eat. I was told to put one algae wafer in once a week, is that suffiecient? Anything else I should be doing?

Worried,
Briko03

I have also heard placo's are responsible for a great deal of waste, is this true?

 

[britta6867]

no it's not enough for him.most plecos do not eat enough algea in your tank.try feeding him zucchini and cucumber slices very other day(i give mine vegetables every night) and throw in a algea disk at night.there are many other posts on how to feed plecos,just look in the bottomfeeder section

 

[Briko03]

So i should be putting an algae disk every night? Wont this create alot of ammonia.