Do you all have a recommendation on how to get the food to the pleco? I haven't found the trick for getting any type of food product to my bushynose. The mbuna eat everything that I've tried to put in there for him. The algae wafers are eaten in a blizzard of fish and food debris. Same goes for any veggie.
I had the same problem in my tank. That's why I started to feed my pleco when the tank and the room are in total darkness, as I said before. After 5 months with my mbunas, he is looking good; so, he has to be eating well enough. Also, I have a good piece of driftwood in the tank; something important as stated by Coler and mostlycichlids.