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whats the longest max length pleco you should house in a 55. LFS has some pretty royal plecos at about 3" but ive read they can get to 12" which seems a bit big for a 55 to me.
clayt101
12-27-2003, 3:37 PM
I think a Royal would outgrow a 55 gal. Of course, you could use that as an excuse to get a larger aquarium:D BTW, a Royal will actually get larger thatn 12 inches, but they are slow growers.
yeah i think i might go ahead and get one. as i said there 3" ind i figure itll be a good year or more before it would hit 8 or 9" when i would need to move him. and in a yeah i could set up all sorts of big tanks.
hes also a decent price. all the plecos at the LFS that look interesting are about 50$ but hes only 25$ and is by far the neatest one.
Grandmastr
12-27-2003, 11:50 PM
take years before it will outgrow ur tank
and when it does , just sell it back to the lfs and get some $$$
if ur in hte south jersey area, i can get u royal plecos for 10 bucks, 3-4 inch ones