I have a 14 gallon tank with 5 Comets and 1 Pleco. I give my Comets their regular food but at night I give the Pleco his algea wafer for him, but everytime I put it in the water the Comets eat the algea wafer and I am worried that the Pleco is not eating. How do I get the Comets from eating the algea wafer???

What kind of pleco do you have? Some kinds do not go well with goldies.

As far as making sure the plec gets his food properly you can either put it somewhere the goldies can't get it (like in the plec's hidey-hole) or you may have go to so far as to take him out of the tank for an hour or two each day so that he can eat in peace.

Also, I would look at a tank upgrade, because 14 gallons is teensy tiny for 5 comets and 1 pleco. We usually recommend 20 gallons per comet because they are such big guys and such strong swimmers.

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14 gallons is too small for 5 comets. They either need a pond or 100+ gallon tank.

If you have a common pleco then he could potentially turn on your goldies for food. Not to mention he could grow up to be 20 inches long. He alone would need about 40 gallons of water to be happy. I keep my adult in a 46 gallon with one striped raphael catfish.

Right now the best thing to do is remove the pleco and put him in his own tank to eat. Plecos really aren't good with goldfish because goldfish always eat their food.

If it is a common pleco then it gets far to big for that tank also, they can get well over 2 ft. when full grown.

Ok, assuming you don't have a 120 gallon tank just sitting there empty to rehome your fish...

Don't remove the pleco just to feed him, the stress to your fish isn't worth it, at all. Feed the pleco at the same time you feed the goldies, or a minute or two later, hopefully they'll stay distracted with their own food and your pleco will get a shot at the algae wafer. Also, vary the diet a little, get some leafy veggies like lettuce or kale and and clip it to the side of your tank. Even if your goldies do munch on it, eventually they'll get bored and the pleco will have his shot.

Good luck.

Another thing you can do is run a piece of pvc pipe to the bottom of the tank and out and drop it down that to where the goldfish can't get to it until it hits the bottom and if you do this right after lights out he should get it and the goldfish shouldn't bother it.