Clown Pleco and wood

[TMartins]

Hello Everyone,

I have a clown pleco in a 10 gallon aquarium with driftwood and wanted to know if I could remove the driftwood and use Repashy Morning Wood instead.  I ask this because he makes a mess munching on the wood and it’s a real pain to constantly remove it.  This is more of an aesthetic problem because he seems plump and really healthy and I realize that munching on the wood is important in his diet.   Thank you

[Colu]

On 10/16/2023 at 1:42 PM, TMartins said:

Hello Everyone,

I have a clown pleco in a 10 gallon aquarium with driftwood and wanted to know if I could remove the driftwood and use Repashy Morning Wood instead.  I ask this because he makes a mess munching on the wood and it’s a real pain to constantly remove it.  This is more of an aesthetic problem because he seems plump and really healthy and I realize that munching on the wood is important in his diet.   Thank you

wood eating catfish such as clown plecos and royal plecos need the lignin in the wood so I would always have some wood in the tank for them I have kept a variety of plecos over the last 20 plus year and I always put wood in there tanks it grows biofilm on the wood for them to   gaze on it's very beneficial to there fry as a Frist source of food 

Edited October 16, 2023 by Colu

[nabokovfan87]

 

This is a fun watch. Essentially, it's about why and how they are designed. I would always have wood in there.