Pleco attaching himself to a gourami

[nuchumYussel]

Hi all, as you have read, my 6 inch pleco attaches himself to my 6
inch snakeskin gourami. He attaches himself for about two seconds then
the gourami swims away. This has been happening for a few weeks now,
atleasts that's how long I've been seeing it. Has anyone else seen
this behavior before? Should I separate the two? By the way, it a 20g
freshwater tank.

Thanks for looking,
Evan Davis

[CanadianCray]

I would. The pleco is eating the slime coating off the other fish in the
tank. This is bad for their health.

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"nuchumYussel" > wrote in message
om...
> Hi all, as you have read, my 6 inch pleco attaches himself to my 6
> inch snakeskin gourami. He attaches himself for about two seconds then
> the gourami swims away. This has been happening for a few weeks now,
> atleasts that's how long I've been seeing it. Has anyone else seen
> this behavior before? Should I separate the two? By the way, it a 20g
> freshwater tank.
>
> Thanks for looking,
> Evan Davis

[NetMax]

"nuchumYussel" > wrote in message
om...
> Hi all, as you have read, my 6 inch pleco attaches himself to my 6
> inch snakeskin gourami. He attaches himself for about two seconds then
> the gourami swims away. This has been happening for a few weeks now,
> atleasts that's how long I've been seeing it. Has anyone else seen
> this behavior before? Should I separate the two? By the way, it a 20g
> freshwater tank.
>
> Thanks for looking,
> Evan Davis

That's a bad trend. Try feeding your pleco more, and like a bottom
feeder (tablets, brine shrimp, tubifex worms etc). If the trend
continues, the pleco will eventually be able to nail the gourami into a
corner or against some rockwork and munch out a good sized chunk of it's
side. The Vampire plec (can't remember sci.name right now) is very
similar to the common plec, and he doesn't get called a Vampire plec
because of his looks ;~) This potential exist to a varying degree with
many plecos, but fortunately it's infrequently exercised.
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[RedForeman ©®]

|| Hi all, as you have read, my 6 inch pl*co attaches himself to my 6
|| inch snakeskin gourami. He attaches himself for about two seconds
|| then the gourami swims away. This has been happening for a few weeks
|| now, atleasts that's how long I've been seeing it. Has anyone else
|| seen this behavior before? Should I separate the two? By the way, it
|| a 20g freshwater tank.
||
|| Thanks for looking,
|| Evan Davis

That usually only happens when the pl*co isn't being fed enough... and
whether or not to seperate, I'd try and feed more for a couple days, then
decide if the pl*co has dropped that habit....

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is that better??

[nuchumYussel]

Here's another question, the are a bunch more fish in the tank, yet he
"prefers" the snakeskin does anyone have any possible hypothesises as
to why?

Netmax, you possibly attributed this to the Pleco not having enough to
eat, I will take your reccomendation for putting in some pellets.


Thanks for the speedy responses,
Evan Davis

[Toni]

"nuchumYussel" > wrote in message
om...
> Here's another question, the are a bunch more fish in the tank, yet he
> "prefers" the snakeskin does anyone have any possible hypothesises as
> to why?
>



Are they all flat sided?


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[nuchumYussel]

Yes, all except maybe two or three.

Evan Davis

[Geezer From The Freezer]

Plecos are notorious for sucking slimecoats. I'd either
a) get a huge tank to they rarely meet
b) try feeding him more and see if the behaviour continues
c) remove the pleco (if you do bristlenose/bushynose plecos are safe)