Care of Clown Plecos

Mkcube · Post by **Mkcube** » 27 Jul 2004, 22:08

Can anyone give me a brief care guide(and yes I have read the guide on this site) and do you really need to have numerous driftwood pieces or will 2 suffice? Also just how good are these guys with algae-cleaning? List your experiences with them also, if you'd like to. Thanks in advance

jurassic_pork · Post by **jurassic_pork** » 28 Jul 2004, 20:46

Clown plecos do need some bogwood in the tank to eat and for hiding places but not massive ammounts of it just make sure they always have a few pieces to chew on,They also arn't great algae eaters,I have only seen my clown plecs on the glass 2 or 3 times in the 8 month's ive had them.

Mkcube · Post by **Mkcube** » 28 Jul 2004, 21:16

OHH! Man! I just bought two of them today. I wish I had seen this post earlier. Even though they are not great algae eaters will they still eat it, at least enough to help with my algae problem? I don't have a ton of algae but the bit I do is hard to get off and always returns..

ZebraPleco · Post by **ZebraPleco** » 28 Jul 2004, 21:42

Mkcube wrote:OHH! Man! I just bought two of them today. I wish I had seen this post earlier. Even though they are not great algae eaters will they still eat it, at least enough to help with my algae problem? I don't have a ton of algae but the bit I do is hard to get off and always returns..

Clown pleco is the wrong fish to buy to fight against algae. The algae will surely out grow what they eat.

Mkcube · Post by **Mkcube** » 28 Jul 2004, 21:56

I have decided I will keep them. I guess I'll just scrape the algae as always. Anyways about their care, I have two medium sized driftwood pieces in my 55 gallon tank where they are residing. Do you think 2 pieces are enough for two clowns?

Post by **Barbie** » 29 Jul 2004, 01:29

When noone has answered a post in 3 hours, there is absolutely no reason to bump it up in the list. It is still on the front page, it will still view as an "unread topic" and it's a waste of both space and bandwidth. Please stop doing it. I have deleted the one in this thread.

Barbie

Mkcube · Post by **Mkcube** » 29 Jul 2004, 04:23

Sorry I hadn't known that that was a rule violation.

I will stop doing it from now on.

patrickstockton · Post by **patrickstockton** » 29 Jul 2004, 08:49

mine wont touch any algae at all, i wouldn't count on any Panaque doing that job for you. but he eats my veggies (potato, cucumber) and devours my african root wood. it might not be his most preferred wood but he leaves piles of sawdust and it quite healthy and FAT so he must be gettting all he needs.

Mkcube · Post by **Mkcube** » 29 Jul 2004, 23:57

How many pieces of wood do you have pat? I only have two medium sized pieces in my tank, will they be sufficient?

Also would anyone mind sharing some pictures of their clown pleco tanks? They would be much appreciated.

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Pamela · Post by **Pamela** » 30 Jul 2004, 10:42

I have a 55G as well, and when I had my clown I had one piece of mopani, one piece of driftwood. I never saw him eating either one, but then I rarely saw him during the day. I did see him sucking on my riverstones, but alas, he did seem to prefer the zuchinni chunks.