My Leopard Sailfin Pleco just ate all my algae

[fishprincess]

I purchased a pleco for a tank that had an algae problem (The pleco is only about 6.5 cm long, and when she gets too big, I'll exchange her for a smaller pleco). Just a few days later, "Alice" has eaten almost all the algae. I'm worried that Alice will starve to death. Should I supplement her diet with vegetables?

Thanks!

fishprincess

[Fish_Frenzy]

Plecos will eat zucchini, cucumber, green beans, frozen peas...and of course they will eat algae wafers or NLS h20 stable wafers and some love shrimp pellets too. I even have a pleco that loves banana and cantaloupe (which I give to the goldfish as treats but the pleco fights for it). Hope this helps you supplement her diet.

Tammy

[fishprincess]

Plecos will eat zucchini, cucumber, green beans, frozen peas...and of course they will eat algae wafers or NLS h20 stable wafers and some love shrimp pellets too. I even have a pleco that loves banana and cantaloupe (which I give to the goldfish as treats but the pleco fights for it). Hope this helps you supplement her diet.

Tammy

Hi,

Thank you SOOO much for your suggestions!

Every night I put in a small wafer for my cories and loaches. Do you think maybe Alice eats some of it? (It's not just the bottom-dwellers who eat it, everyone else in the tank just loves wafers LOL! -roll-)

What quantity of vegetables would I feed her? Would I have to shell the peas? (I read a story online where someone was giving their goldfish a pea to prevent SBD, and since they didn't shell it, the goldfish choked)

Would the other fish go after the vegetable, like with the wafers?

Thanks!

fishprincess