huge pleco pics! - Page 2

Chameleon996 · #11 02-19-2009, 09:28 AM

i love when you get the group of guys in and one off them wants to set up an aggressive tank to be cool and impress his buddies. they inevidently go for piranhas or oscars because they can feed them fish. we then get one of three phone calls "My piranha won't come out of the corner", "My oscar outgrew his ten gallon will you take him back", or my favorite
C..."My fish are dying?"
M..."Do you feed them live feeders?"
C..."Yes"
M..."Do you do weekley water changes?"
C..."No"
M..."They probably have a bacterial infection and/or bad water, treat them with this."
C..."Thats okay I'll flush them and get something else."

Geckos and Goannas · #12 02-23-2009, 10:37 PM

Exactly! well put!

hyposhawn · #13 03-02-2009, 08:22 PM

That is huge! I got mine when he was 3 inches. Now he is about 4 and it is a year and a half later!

Geckos and Goannas · #14 03-03-2009, 11:50 PM

How big is the tank? is it in cold or warm water ( and what temp exactly)? are you giving it sheets of algae, boiled veggies, and drift wood to chew on? it should be larger than that. About 8 inches.

Chameleon996 · #15 03-04-2009, 11:04 AM

okay so I have heard about this wood thing from a couple of other people. Is it just drift wood or other kinds of wood and doesn't that mess up the ph?

Geckos and Goannas · #16 03-04-2009, 10:57 PM

Wood generaly doesnt mess up the ph but Zoo Med Mopani wood works just fine.

hyposhawn · #17 03-13-2009, 12:22 PM

The tank is a 29 gallon and the temp around 78 all day and night. I am giving it an algae wafer once every 3 days.

hyposhawn · #18 10-17-2009, 01:49 PM

Should I increase?

geckoboy30 · #19 12-18-2009, 03:40 PM

ive heard they can get up to 3 feet!!

jergy · #20 01-31-2010, 02:19 AM

nice pleco!! when i got my last one i didnt think it would survive this long but i was wrong. i got mine about 9-10 months ago. he was 2 inches. now he is an extremely fast growing pleco. he was at my last time of measuring him 8 inches long and still growing fast. his diet is the natural algae that grows in the tank, algae pellets each night and a piece of zucchini when i can get a hold of a slice. i did not think that they could grow this fast. he is only about 2 years old. he is also in a 29 gallon tank with the temperature at a stable 75-77 degrees. does anybody know how big he could he get in a tank that size?