getting a pleco to eat algae wafers

[FrozenFins]

Hey all,

I just bought a bristlenose pleco (just a week ago)

And he hasn't been eating his algae wafers, I feed him at night. He doesn't seem to notice its "his"food. instead all my other fish eat the wafer. I have tried to place the wafer in his cave but, my fish still eat it. what do I do, so that my pleco starts eating his food?

[Wesley]

Sometimes it just takes plecos to get used to a certain type of food. You can ask the store you bought your pleco from what they feed them. Try to drop a wafer in front of him when he is out of the cave, maybe he'll pick up on it.

You can also feed them canned green beans (mine don't eat fresh ones), blanched zucchini, pumpkin, cucumber. See what works and always try to diversify foods so that if you run out of one, switching wont be an issue.

[FrozenFins]

Thanks @Wesley

[RyanR]

My plecos can be a little picky.  I found that they all love blanched zucchini, canned green beans and the only algae wafer I found they like are the Bug Bites.  I've tried the Extreme Sinking Wafers, but no one but the snails will eat them.

[Saltinthedesert]

Make sure if you drop any veggies in there that you use a fork or dish so that if it goes ignored you can retrieve it easily within 8-10 hours and not detrimentally affect the water.