For anyone who doubts how large a pleco can get...

So, those guys are native to FL? I've had a petstore owner tell me he saw one of them in the wild that looked to be over 3ft. They really are beautiful fish, I would've kept my pl*co if I'd had the room, but he was just too big for the 55g I had bought him, so I realized I should give him to people that could take care of him. An outdoor above ground pool would be a good idea as a habitat for a few of those guys, and the pool filter could be modified to facilitate the needs of fish. That would indeed be an enjoyable project for someone willing to do it. Not only tha, but could you imagine how happy the armored cats would be with all that room?~Angela
 
That's most likely a native species of sucker. We have them up here in the rivers too, I've seen them up to 2" from bridges etc. the old ladies feed them bread where I fish for trout (bad I know, but the ladies enjoy it, and the fish are completely OK with it...).

I miss my pleco. I'm sure he's happier in the 120 gallon he moved to (he grew to 8.5" from tadpole sized and I only owned him a few months!)
 
Emg said:
Blue Springs isn't brackish water........I've been there a few times myself. It runs into the St Johns river and it's very fresh water. There are NO fish that live near the mouth of the hole in the ground where the water comes up from...because there is no oxygen in the water until it runs a couple hundred feet or so.
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Ah, well you can tell I've never been there :)

Ooo "cook in shell" yummy! NOT! :D

Roan
 
Don't count to it!
 
Their not scary. They give nice fishy kisses!!
 
:Angel: But fish only grow to the size of thier tank. I had a bad algae problem in my 1 gallon bowl, home to 3 goldfish. I bought 2 plecos to put in there, and they lasted a long time, about 2 years. they didnt get over 3 inches. :Angel:

:joke:
 
sumthin fishy said:
:Angel: But fish only grow to the size of thier tank. I had a bad algae problem in my 1 gallon bowl, home to 3 goldfish. I bought 2 plecos to put in there, and they lasted a long time, about 2 years. they didnt get over 3 inches. :Angel:

:joke:
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They probably didn't grow becuase they didn't get enough food! And they "lasted", they did not live a normal fish life.
 
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