Pleco Dilemma

[Lord of Jank]

I have a 75g tank that we have had setup for about 6 years and prior to that we had a 25g tall Eclipse tank for about a year. We bought the pleco with the original 25g. He/she has grown to be over 12 inches and is a beast in the tank. I feel like we are not being fair to the guy when I watch him attempt to move around the tank. I want to upgrade to a larger tank to give him room but we are also planning on moving in the next year and I really don't want to deal with moving a bigger tank at that time.

So.. Should I take him to the LFS and hope someone adopts him or maybe I am being a little over concerned and he is actually doing ok and we can wait out the year?

Love to get some thoughts from the community here.

 

[Bllib]

Try and sell it here or take it for a trade in a your LFS. 12 inches is a bit big for a 20. To bad you are not closer I could use a pleco that size.

 

[Sploke]

Yeah, a pleco that size should be in something closer to a 125+ gal tank IMO, I'm surprised its not making a huge mess in the 75. If it was a month or two I would say it could wait but if its going to be closer to a year I'd say find it a new home - its certainly not going to get any smaller.

 

[Gulp]

Yeah, a pleco that size should be in something closer to a 125+ gal tank IMO, I'm surprised its not making a huge mess in the 75. If it was a month or two I would say it could wait but if its going to be closer to a year I'd say find it a new home - its certainly not going to get any smaller.

My neighbors have a 12"+ pleco in their 30 gallon tank... Poor thing just lays on the bottom and barely moves. Doesn't make much of a mess at all....he doesn't do anything. They've had him for over 6 years now. I've offered to move him in to my 100 gallon tank a few times...but they want to keep him.