So I've had my Pleco in my 100 gallons African Cichlids' (Peacocks) tank for almost a year now. He is about 5" long and the Cichlids were only fry when I housed them together initially. All was good in the hood at first, but now they are almost as big as my Pleco, and it seems like it is only getting harder for him to eat!
I usually feed him after I turn all the lights off right before I go to bed. His diet includes Zucchini, Cucumbers, and Spinach as well as algae wafers ( I alternate between them so he doesn't get bored) HOWEVERRR I just realized that he's not the one that eats all that food, it's my Cichlids. They appear to have adapted to eating in total darkness, and the way they do it is by following the commotion of whichever one of them gets hit by the sinking vegetable or wafer, and pecking at it until nothing is left for my Pleco to eat.
I watched for about 5 minutes last night and they were chasing him away from his food, and now I see him more often during the day, which I read somewhere is a bad sign... any suggestions or past stories?
I usually feed him after I turn all the lights off right before I go to bed. His diet includes Zucchini, Cucumbers, and Spinach as well as algae wafers ( I alternate between them so he doesn't get bored) HOWEVERRR I just realized that he's not the one that eats all that food, it's my Cichlids. They appear to have adapted to eating in total darkness, and the way they do it is by following the commotion of whichever one of them gets hit by the sinking vegetable or wafer, and pecking at it until nothing is left for my Pleco to eat.
I watched for about 5 minutes last night and they were chasing him away from his food, and now I see him more often during the day, which I read somewhere is a bad sign... any suggestions or past stories?