Lol My Pleco Just Loves his Cucumbers! :)

[Mjnorcal922]

 

[Newman]

lol yes they like them. try blanched zucchini and raw sweet peppers as well. they should also like blanched broccoli stems, blanched romaine lettuce leaves and blanched spinach.

 

[ryanoh]

Haha, that's awesome that he's upside down.

 

[Mjnorcal922]

haha yah its the very 1st time i got him on camera with out him running away and hiding

 

[aakaakaak]

Mine is still a picky eater. He doesn't seem to eat the veggies much for some reason. Grats to you.

 

[bassbonediva]

aakaakaak, that's because the clown pleco's main food source is driftwood (no joke! read it in several profiles of them).

 

[ryanoh]

My common pleco used to eat everything, but I can't get my whiptail to eat anything, not even driftwood. I have a fair amount of algae for him, so I guess he'll live...

 

[ValRasbora]

my pleco does that too! I once caught him violently wrestling with a cucmber.

@aakaakaak: my clown pleco isn't very fond of cucumbers either. But he goes nuts over green beans! He also keeps his cave verrry clean.. He won't eat algae off anything else *rolls eyes*.. So you might want to try some beans out. It's fun seeing the bite marks after a day or so.

also, is it just me or do they grow relatively fast? Mine has grown at least an inch in about 2 months :O