Thanks for the heads up. I have always attributed holes in the leaves of
my swords to be from my pleco...

It's easy to tell the difference between pleco damage and loach damage. If a
pleco is the culprit, the leaves will look scraped. As if they've been sanded.


Loaches, OTOH, make a clean hole. They don't scrape, they bite the leaves.
Often, the holes they leave are v-shaped. And they eat small leaves, like
babytears and Diandra, that plecos wouldn't bother with.

I used to have a magnificent stand of Didiplis diandra. Then one day the
loaches decided they liked it. They totally denuded it. Nothing but a few
bare stems left. (Which I'm leaving to float at the top of the tank, where
they are recovering.)

Good thing I love 'em, or they'd be fish stew. g


Leigh

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