Has anyone ever heard of a plecostomus catfish that will eat krill? Mine does. I know there's nothing wrong with it, I was just wondering if this is a common thing. None of the sites I have found mention them eating anything other than veggies and algae.
2007-02-03 11:02:21 · 7 answers · asked by ? 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
Pleco's are omnivours. They are also nocturnal. If you don't supliment them with food they will attack fish to eat their slime coat at night. Feed them sometime after you turn the lights off with an algea wafer. You can get it at your local pets store. Yes they will eat krill, flakes or anything you try to feed the other fish if they are hungry. IF you don't have any green on anything then they need to be fed before they get a hold of someone in their community. Learned the hard way, lost a $50 ranchu to a hungry pleco.
2007-02-06 04:22:19 · answer #1 · answered by Sunday P 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They'll eat just about anything. Mine (a rhino pleco) likes shrimp pellets. As long as they get some algae/veggies in their diet, they're happy.
In the wild they eat crustaceans: http://www.aquatic-hobbyist.com/profiles/freshwater/catfish/plecostomus.html
2007-02-03 11:16:57 · answer #2 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will eat all kinds of things. They need and do eat lots of veggies and algae, but they do eat other things as well. Nothing to worry about.
2007-02-03 11:17:23 · answer #3 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicken
2016-05-24 00:41:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah they will eat any slow fish they can get. They especially love goldfish because of the goldfish's large slime coat.
2007-02-03 11:41:09 · answer #5 · answered by bzzflygirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had one that ate gold fish and man did it ever grow big i had to sell it it was too big for my 90 gal. tank.
2007-02-03 17:31:42 · answer #6 · answered by avid-hunter6 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ours has a taste for baby guppies as well.
2007-02-03 11:10:36 · answer #7 · answered by Seattle SeaBee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋