Common pleco eat guppies???

[darcyengland]

I've actually had one of my pleco's go after a fish that was close to death...it was still alive...as soon as one pleco did it, the other two started as well...poor little guppy

 

[ljd290]

do you actually feed your plecs?
i use a plec site and its very rare for common plecs to go after live fish unless they are starving.

 

[Ketso]

So, I already called the shop, they'll have him/her back, so bye bye pleco!L.

Good deal. If it is indeed a "common", it would have most likely outgrown any of the tanks in your sig soon enough anyway.

 

[Kyohti]

Some plecs are omnivorous and, when large enough, will go after weak and sick fish and even bully other fish at night (ones that rest near the bottom to sleep most often). But some are mostly herbivorous, too. It really depends on the species. Commons get too big and become too ornery to be with fancy fan-tail guppies by any stretch of the imagination, though.

 

[Wat2Go]

Yes, I would take a pleco over guppies too, but it is outgrowing the tank and now that it started eating fish, I am afraid it won't stop.
We did feed the pleco but it didn't eat much (and I guess now that it has found something yummy to eat, it would just wait till we add some more guppies!).
We exchanged it for two cories.

 

[musho3210]

what did you feed the pleco?

 

[Wat2Go]

Algea wafers (at night, when he/she was active), or seedless cucumber in a food clip. Hardly touched either of it.
Jeez, I hope we didn't starve it...it didn't look starved AT ALL and grew quite well (I am guessing a bit over an inch in 2 months..).
L.

 

[musho3210]

if it was a common pleco it should be fine, if it was more of a carnivorous pleco it wouldnt be too good. I think the guppy was already weak or dead and the plec just took advantage of it.