Pleco food

[Russ2123]

I have a plecostmus and I worry that he doesn't have enough food my tank has no algae but it doesn't eat the algae wafers.

 

[NickAu]

Hi

This is all the stuff you can feed a pleco. Veggies are important in their diet
I feed mine
Omega One Veggie Rounds
Hikari Algae Wafers
Kens veggie sticks.
Blood worm
Brine shrimp
Every now and again a tiny bit of OX heart
New Life Spectrum Thera Plus pellets.

And they need fresh veggies.
This is a list of vegetables and fruit that are popular with most plecs.

Zucchini/Courgette
Cucumber
Peas (deshelled)
Sweet Potato
Green Beans
Melon/Melon rind

Aubergine/Egg plant
Avocado
Broad Beans
Broccoli/Stalk
Butternut Squash+ other squash
Capsicum/Bell pepper(not the hot ones)
Cauliflower/Stalk
Carrot
Coconut
Grapes
Kale/Collard Greens
Kiwi Fruit
Lettuce
Lima Beans
Mango
Mushroom (common plecs and goldspots love mushroom)let it float,they will reach it.
Papaya
Potato
Pumpkin
Spinach
Sprouts
Swede
Tomato
Yam

 

[JustinGatCat]

My bristlenose pleco loves Hikari Bottom feeder wafers. Driftwood is also an important part in their diet, as it adds fiber. It's fine if you don't, as you can supplement with plenty of fresh veggies like cucumbers or romaine lettuce.

 

[NickAu]

Russ I see you are in the USA, Get Ken's Premium Vegetable Sticks With Calcium

 

[Russ2123]

Will this affect my water levels?

 

[NickAu]

Not if you take it out after 4 or 5 hours.

Plecos need veggies if you dont feed them right they will get sick and die.

 

[StandbySetting]

When are you feeding? Plecos are more active at night, if I were you I'd feed just before you go to bed so that the room in which your tank is located will be in total darkness. I rarely see my pleco feed in the day time, he will only consume bloodworm during lights on. Anything else I feed last thing at night is always gone in the morning.

 

[NickAu]

My Bn's have no probs being fed during lights on, basically if they dont come out they miss out. I normally put veg in for them about 4 PM and take it out before I go to bed.