New clown pleco: a few questions - Page 2

**Scuba Kid** · 06-04-2005, 07:23 AM

well im happy to announce that my clown pleco has been eating the algae and nibbling on the drift wood!

however, i haven't gotten him to eat any veggies yet. Ill keep trying though.
as a matter of fact, he's nibbling on algae and drift wood right now!

garfieldnfish · 06-19-2005, 10:17 AM

I have 2 clown plecos and they love mangos, driftwood and shrimp pelllets. I have mine in with 5 African darf frogs in a pond like setting. Clown plecos do not like a lot of current. So by him not moving around much, may mean he is staying out of the "draft". You could try algae wafers also. Mine nibble on it. I add it for the blue applesnails (5 babys, my first breeding success, I have about 100 more to give away, lol) but it does not seem to be the plecos favorite food. They do however, routinely steal bloodworms intended for the frogs, so I believe they love some protein in their diet along with the wood they need to survive. Mine are not shy at all but they seem to be the exception. Could be the company they share the tank with. All night time dudes and the entire tank livens up after lights out. I leave a small desk lamp on and they are all over the tank, frogs, snails and plecos.

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06-04-2005, 07:23 AM	#21
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 4,160	well im happy to announce that my clown pleco has been eating the algae and nibbling on the drift wood! however, i haven't gotten him to eat any veggies yet. Ill keep trying though. as a matter of fact, he's nibbling on algae and drift wood right now!

06-19-2005, 10:17 AM	#22
garfieldnfish Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 661	I have 2 clown plecos and they love mangos, driftwood and shrimp pelllets. I have mine in with 5 African darf frogs in a pond like setting. Clown plecos do not like a lot of current. So by him not moving around much, may mean he is staying out of the "draft". You could try algae wafers also. Mine nibble on it. I add it for the blue applesnails (5 babys, my first breeding success, I have about 100 more to give away, lol) but it does not seem to be the plecos favorite food. They do however, routinely steal bloodworms intended for the frogs, so I believe they love some protein in their diet along with the wood they need to survive. Mine are not shy at all but they seem to be the exception. Could be the company they share the tank with. All night time dudes and the entire tank livens up after lights out. I leave a small desk lamp on and they are all over the tank, frogs, snails and plecos.

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