I am in the stage of setting up and just got some new fish. A pleco and male and female guppy. Is a pleco supposed to hover vertical on the side of the aquarium? I found him hovering on my my water heater and my thermometer. Is this proper behaviour? Do I feed him more fish flakes or put carrots instead and let the guppies handle the flakes

Hi bazunka,

Pretty proper for plecos to hover vertically. Mine take pellets and lettuce from the surface upside down. Fish flakes and carrots do fine but since your tank is new and you've got only three fish in it dont feed too much, just a pinch or two of flakes will do for the moment. Just my two cents, hope it helps.

regards, funkychips.

__________________
I am a collage of unaccounted-for brushstrokes. I am all random. Excuse me.

thank you for the feedback. I stopped into a pet store where i purchased them and they said everything is normal and not to be alarmed at the behaviour and wait a month to feed them

Hi bazunka,

In my opinion plecos are unpredictable fishes. Some experience I had was sometimes the pleco survives the first few days n starts eating a lot, while others just starved themselves to death. So if your pleco starts eating the fish flakes, you are past the danger zone. One tip is to look at their stomach. If they r eating, their stomach will be a bit fill out; if their stomach is flat then they r not eating well. Just let it feed on its own and cross ur fingers. But most of the time they wil eat

funkychips.

__________________
I am a collage of unaccounted-for brushstrokes. I am all random. Excuse me.