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Cut-up vegetables such as zucchini lettuce and kale. I know BN Plecos can eat just about any vegetable I just want to make sure that what Im feeding him is nutritious Im getting him some zucchini and maybe some cucumbers but what else should I get.
You should also keep driftwood in the tank.
What vegetables can a pleco eat. This is a list of vegetables and fruit that are popular with most plecs. ZucchiniCourgette Cucumber Peas deshelled Sweet Potato Green Beans. Plecos like chowing down on small pieces of vegetable zucchini squash and cucumbers for instance.
Before feeding your Pleco above foods you should make certain to clean the veggies off then drop a few tiny pieces of zucchini into the water. You should notice which kind of veggies your plecos eat to buy this food more often. This is really the staple diet after algae for these fish in captivity.
There are many veggies easily prepared for catfish feeding. Zucchini is the classic fresh veggie. For smaller specimens or more frequent feeding of larger fish the zucchini can be sliced after washingrinsing thoroughly just as you would for yourself as cross-sections or for slightly.
Blanched softened in boiling water but not overcooked cucumbers leafy vegetables zucchini and other squashes are good as are some soft fruits. You should attach them to a rock or something else without metal so they sink. May I ask which of your tanks this pleco is going into.
You can also supplement with blanched vegetables once per week. Depending on the species of pleco you also need to provide driftwood for them to rasp on to help digest their food. Throughout this article were going to discuss the following aspects of a proper pleco diet.
The raw vegetables plecos need to eat. Different plecos seem to like different parts of the vegetable. For example Panaque maccus will eat the skin of a courgette before attacking the centre whilst Ancistrus spp.
Will go for the centre and often leave the skin untouched. I dont think theres a restriction on what they eat just what they will or wont eat. Favorites of my BNs are zucchini and canned green beans.
I used to feed cucumbers but dont anymore because zucchinis are suppose to be more nutritious. Gotta love em plecos and corys. I use a stainless steel bbq skewer to put on a fresh piece of veggie.
Cucumbers seem to disintegrate faster than a zucchinI so I have been using squash instead. Raw not boiled will last about 3 days in the tank - by then its usually eaten. You can offer your plecos veggies like broccoli shelled peas lima beans kale celery cabbage zucchini and others.
It is best to cut your veggies into small pieces so your fish can easily munch on and consume these foods. I have three bristlenose plecos in my 90g. I try to feed them veggies and fruits a couple times a week.
So far they have liked zucchini blanched spinach and cucumber. They did not like the apple banana or honeydew melon that I put in there. I know BN Plecos can eat just about any vegetable I just want to make sure that what Im feeding him is nutritious Im getting him some zucchini and maybe some cucumbers but what else should I get.
Also how often do I feed him veggies. I already have driftwood and algae wafers for him. Today is good pleco food.
Feeding Plecos vegetablesToday I feed my pleco some people food. Will plecos eat watermelon. Will plecos eat pepper.
Because they eat algae theyre often added to a fish tank to keep it clean. However plecos can not live on algae alone especially if you have a water filter in the tank. There wont be enough algae available and the fish might starve.
Plecos are omnivores so they can eat both meat and vegetation. Peas are fine. The only question is will your fish eat them.
A lot of folks feed canned green beans to plecos. Mine never touch them. A Plecos natural diet is decaying fruits and vegetables that fall into their rivers.
In your tank Plecos eat almost any fresh blanched if its too hard Fruit or Veggie and the real stuff fills them up wafers give them nutritionally what they need but they will always feel starving. The best foods for plecos include. Algae wafers or tablets.
Frozen or freeze-dried bloodworms. Cut-up vegetables such as zucchini lettuce and kale. You should also keep driftwood in the tank.
Aside from being a nice hiding spot driftwood is an excellent source of food for plecos. Depending on what type of veggies you are feeding you may need to soften them up first. Just put them in a cup and cover them with water and pop them in the microwave for a couple of minutes.
My bristle noses love canned green beans and they are soft enough to feed directly from the can. Plecos can eat vegetables. Romaine lettuce the tops of celery and other leafy vegetables provide a good plant food source.
Slices of cucumber parboiled zucchini and parboiled peas are welcome in the plecos diet. Scavenging omnivore but mostly vegetarian. Eats algae algae wafers and pellets blanched veggies and occasional treats of live foods like brine shrimp Care Level Easy.