PoOr pleCo is gettin' deprived...

[Wndrfl-Creations]

I have a small pleco in with Electric Yellows. The problem I'm having is feeding the pleco, whenever I put my algae tablets in there, the Yellow drives off the pleco and munches on them for himself. I have tried growing algae in a glass in the window sill, then putting that in the tank, but the pleco isn't smart enough to swim inside the glass opening to eat it and the Yellow goes in there and it's the algae too. I even built a low level cave that only the pleco could fit in, then put the tablet in the middle of it, but the Yellows stir it up after it softens, then munch the loose particles. I am going to try building a longer, thicker cave for this though, I'll let you know how it goes. Anybody got any idears on this? I'd like to hear your techniques for fixing this.
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[pica_nuttalli]

try feeding immediately before turning out the lights for the evening. also, aren't labs mbunas what eat algae? you may just need to offer more food.

 

[Dwarfs]

Try feeding sinking algae/other pellets in after lights out, that's when the pleco would be looking for food, and the cichlid would be resting

 

[Torrean]

I agree with dwarf I have a pictus that eats anything I put in the tank. So for the other fish I put in a half an algae wafer after lights out. I break it up into 1/4ths though

 

[smithrc]

place the food under caves that the other fish cant get to

 

[cla55y19]

couldnt you put some cucumber in for the plec?