Common pleco eat guppies???

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When we came back from a Spring Break trip 2 guppies were missing, so we assumed they had died and the person taking care of our tanks had "buried" them. But no.
Would a common pleco actually eat dead guppies?
They are really absolutely gone, and I don't think the neons ate them, or the remaining guppies...
 
yeah i think they would
 
Hmm. Well.. eeew.
They did a quick job though. All fish were alive on Friday evening and when I came home on Saturday two guppies were gone...


L.
 
must have been tasty then
 
Any fish especially plecos will eat the dead fish. It is natures way of cleaning things up. I would watch the common pleco though. They have been known to go after certain fish even if they are still alive.

Just a thought.

Marinemom
 
The pleco probably ate them. Alive or dead. They will eat what they can fit in their mouths. Don't be fooled into thinking they are herbivores. They are omnivores.

I lost a Singapore shrimp and many ghost shrimp like this. I thought the Singapore shrimp was big/fast enough to not have to worry about.
 
Funny you all say that. I already had the feeling this pleco was having great fun with the guppies at night. During the day it peacefully hangs near the heater, it is very active at night, and our guppies all look completely exhausted after only having them a week. Full color, nothing else wrong with them, they just seem very tired (hanging in the corner...)...
So, I already called the shop, they'll have him/her back, so bye bye pleco!

L.
 
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