pleco getting enough food?

[colin_finlay]

Hello, i recently opened a new aquarium which is 35 gallons, in order to maintain some algee in the new tank i dumped the water from my 15 gallon tank (along with 8 fish) into the new 35 gallon tank.

my question is, my pleco is swimming around the tank looking for algee pretty frequently and I was wondering if he is getting enough algee to eat. I do have algee discs which i have been crumbling up evenly threw the tank twice a day and I think that is doing a good job feeding him and putting algee in the tank......but how long should I put these discs in the tank for? cause I dont want to much algee in the tank!

thanks
colin

 

[Gunnie]

If you see algae in the tank, then he is probably doing okay depending on what kind of algae you have. You could also try feeding him zucchini tied to a rock with a rubber band, or use a veggie clip.

 

[isu_guy]

I have had my newest pleco for about a month. I was putting in zuccinni every few days, most days algae discs. I never saw him touch the zuccinni up until two days ago (not to say he wasn't eating it, but I don't think he was) when I put the most recent piece in. I think he finally tried it and was like, "This is awesome" I saw him hanging out by it and chomping on it the entire next morning.

I don't believe that you need to crumble the algae discs, mine naws on it just fine (I think-tell me otherwise if I'm wrong any pleco experts) as a whole disc (or for mine, its usually a half a disc-small pleco)