Zombie Pleco And planted tanks

[Cackett]

i was just reading this " from another site

[glow=green,2,300]"""I am new to the aquarium world, and I have recieved contradictory information about Plecos.  I have been told by several local aquarists, never to put Plecos in an aquarium that has plants, because Plecos will dig them up, eat them, or otherwise destroy the plants."""[/glow]

http://www.actwin.com/fish/aquatic-plants/month.200003/msg00727.html

is this true as i am getting this fish on Sat next week and have just spent £23 on plants.?? and it the last thing i want is a fish to eat my finished tank!!!   *thumbsupsmiley*

Thanks Andy

 

[goldnugget]

I am a catfish nut and keep several species of plecs. I have never had any of mine destroy plants or eat them.The worst that might happen is that maybe one of them chew a hole in one of your swords.I have a sailfin plec that is 11inches long in my 75 gal. and he has uprooted a few plants .Instead of going around them he swims right through them.Most of the plants that i keep inthe tank are potted and the few rooted plants that I have ,I put a few stones around the base of them and this has cured the problem. The cichlids in the tank do far worse.

 

[Malok]

i have a 7 inch common plec and sometimes he just rip off leaves from plants, he just wants the little algae growth on the leave but he's too big for the plant. But i never had digging problem.