huge pleco pics!

Geckos and Goannas · #1 03-29-2008, 12:08 AM

people who come into the pet store i work at never belive me when i say plecos get this big. so they put them in a 10 gallon anyways.

i was joking around an he wasnt supposed to take the pic yet.

cliff_f · #2 03-29-2008, 03:15 AM

I had a pleco that was that big if not bigger. He got to big for my tank so he is actually at a local petstore now in the koi pond.

lemonjello · #3 04-02-2008, 05:35 PM

wow. When I got mine, he was 4 inches long. Now he is like 8 in......After five years! How the heck do you hold it? Whenever I have to do tank maintinence I am afriad to pic it up.

Geckos and Goannas · #4 04-02-2008, 06:06 PM

you get get usto it. watch out though! they can bite!

lemonjello · #5 04-02-2008, 06:30 PM

What the flip? They can bite? Mine used its fins to "stab" me.

Geckos and Goannas · #6 04-02-2008, 06:38 PM

yeah they can do that too. but if you stick you finger near that mouth it will do it! and from what ive heard its nowhere near to being plesent!

Chameleon996 · #7 02-15-2009, 11:57 AM

the pet store i work at takes them as trades for smaller ones when they out grow a tank. the biggest one we ever had was in a 55 gallon and went from the top of the tank down the front of the glass and bent at the bottom. when laying on the bottom he was over half the length of a 55. he ended up at the local zoo

Geckos and Goannas · #8 02-16-2009, 07:30 PM

Yep they get that big! there is species in the amazon that reach up to 4-5 feet! thank god we dont get those!

Chameleon996 · #9 02-17-2009, 11:40 AM

it took me awhile to be able to pick them up I always made my boss do it when someone brought in bigger ones that were to big for a net. I finally had to figure out how to do it out of necessity because i run the store by myself on the weekends. i must admit i love the reaction you get when you reach in to pick one up "YOUR GONNA PICK THAT THING UP! WON'T HE HURT YOU?" It kind of ranks up there with the reaction I get when I have my hand in the piranha (baby) tank cleaning algae off the glass.

Geckos and Goannas · #10 02-18-2009, 10:54 PM

Yeah I agree. I hate it when people think piranha are VERY mean and agressive. A tank with angle fish broke one time at the store and the nearest tank to throw the angel fish in was a piranha tank, and the piranha were afraid of the little angel fish!