This common Pleco is about 12 years old...

S

shar

AC Members
Jun 17, 2004
47
0
0
Michigan
Visit site
10 years ago, I traded tanks with a co-worker, mine was too big(I know, I know I've learned the error of my ways and now have a 120 gallon)in her 15 gallon hex this pleco resided.(not this size) She had him for about a year, he was the only fish that had survived an ice storm that knocked the power(and heat) out for 3 days, she had wrapped blankets around the tank but he was the only one that made it. Well, I realized that he was getting too big for the hex and gave him to a friend who has a 55 gallon... I had seen him off and on over the years and am amazed at how old this guy is and how big he has gotten.

pleco1.bmp


pleco.bmp
 
Last edited:
Hey! Focus the projector. I can't see the picture!

:p
 
Okay I am confused, they pictures were there when I posted, ( I was amazed that I had actually posted them!) now they are gone, I'll try again.

*edit*

now I'm really going crazy, I was going to try it again and voila the pictures are here again! I'll leave it for now
 
Last edited:
yar, there they are. :o

By the way, what kind of scale are these pictures? I'd like to know how big this guy is.
 
i just got a pleco like this one less than one month ago. they're great! i hope mine doesnt grow too big! nice pictures! thanks for sharing!
 
This shows what plecos are supposed to be like when givien the chance. They are normally stuck in tiny tanks (anything under 55 gallon for these brutes is tiny, anything under 75 gallons is cruel long term) and die young. A good pleco should be able to get well over 15 inches in length and live for at least 15-20 years.
 
There are lots of great smaller plecos. The bristlenose gets to be 4-5 inches long as is a great algae eater. It is also one of the few plecos that keeps eating algae in adult hood. Also a group of ottos is fine, they do like plants but suppliment thheir food and they do fine.

But in a nonplanted tank it is normally much easier to deal with algae by control nutrients, lighting and using an algae scrapper. It isn't always necessary to have some sort of algae eater. Non of my tanks haave a true algae eater. I clean them by hand if they start to get some algae, which isn't very fast.
 
Copper said:
yar, there they are. :o

By the way, what kind of scale are these pictures? I'd like to know how big this guy is.
Click to expand...

Sorry took so long to get back-I've been laid up with a bad back thingy, unfortuntely I don't have an answer, I took these pics with my camera phone and uploaded them from photobucket.

Glad you all liked the pics, he still be going strong :)
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
AquariaCentral.com
Top Bottom