VERY large pleco turning fish agressive. Advice?

GreenerSideofLIfe · 10-04-2006, 03:22 AM

18+ inch pleco *yes, thats huge, I know* hes turning agressive and also now compleatly ignoring the other food that I put in the tank and is now latching onto the sides of my GIANT goldfish. Obviously... 'Clash of the Titans' isnt what i want to see when I walk downstairs in the morning. Ideas??

cwlodarczyk · 10-04-2006, 07:50 AM

That's common with plecos and goldfish - they love the taste of slime coat when they get that large.

One of them needs to come out of that tank.

**epicfish** · 10-04-2006, 08:49 AM

Wow, that's one huge freaking pleco. How big are your goldfish?!

**Ryzilla** · 10-04-2006, 02:43 PM

whats crazy is that my 14" pleco used to do this to my 6" blood parrot. Both of them would have dmg skin daily. It was a constant war.

andbigdaddy2 · 10-04-2006, 02:51 PM

The Pleco will kill your glodie eventually i am part of a gold fish fourm its a common question there you can seperate or trade in your pleco for a smaller one but it will chase your fish and stress them till they die or it will scrape all the scales off of them.

Mori · 10-04-2006, 03:53 PM

You need to separate them. Not all plecos do that, but many do. The goldfish will lose. Get a tank separator until you can get a new tank set up (or find a new home for the goldfish or pleco).

GreenerSideofLIfe · 10-06-2006, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by epicfish

Wow, that's one huge freaking pleco. How big are your goldfish?!

My 'little' feeder goldfish were 16 inches when I measured them last. LOL but that was litterly months ago. Time to measure again. LOL

This is the Pleco... OLD picture. Hes grown A LOT since then.

The goldies... some time last year... oct last year?
and YES that is one HUMUNGOUS choco Rykin... 10+ inches last check but hes grown since then. LOL Takes two hands to pick him up and his body alone is bigger than a grapefruit.

****OLD PHOTOS**** they have grown A lot since then....

10-04-2006, 03:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
GreenerSideofLIfe Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1) Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tacoma Washington, USA Posts: 584	VERY large pleco turning fish agressive. Advice? 18+ inch pleco yes, thats huge, I know hes turning agressive and also now compleatly ignoring the other food that I put in the tank and is now latching onto the sides of my GIANT goldfish. Obviously... 'Clash of the Titans' isnt what i want to see when I walk downstairs in the morning. Ideas??

10-04-2006, 07:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
cwlodarczyk Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Castle Rock, CO (formerly in SoCal) Posts: 148	That's common with plecos and goldfish - they love the taste of slime coat when they get that large. One of them needs to come out of that tank. __________________ Carl Former member of SCAPE, but now living in Colorado. I'm just getting back into the hobby after not doing much for the past year - feel free to PM me if you're in the Front Range area. I'm interested in buying plants and getting together with other hobbyists in the area.

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Ryzilla Advanced Algae Farmer (View User Tanks) PTrader: (52) Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,878	whats crazy is that my 14" pleco used to do this to my 6" blood parrot. Both of them would have dmg skin daily. It was a constant war. __________________ Peace, Ry I raise my sword in the air in the battle against clado. I have been beaten in this battle but the war is not over. As my wounds heal I amass another army, an army with many legs, an army of Amano's...... I thrust my tridant into the mass of medusa like staghorn. I am wounded but I refuse to take a knee.

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10-04-2006, 08:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
epicfish Planted Tank n00b (View User Tanks) PTrader: (89) Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 7,371	Wow, that's one huge freaking pleco. How big are your goldfish?!

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andbigdaddy2 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3) Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Jacksonville, Fl Posts: 209	The Pleco will kill your glodie eventually i am part of a gold fish fourm its a common question there you can seperate or trade in your pleco for a smaller one but it will chase your fish and stress them till they die or it will scrape all the scales off of them.

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Mori Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,158	You need to separate them. Not all plecos do that, but many do. The goldfish will lose. Get a tank separator until you can get a new tank set up (or find a new home for the goldfish or pleco).

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