View Full Version : BIGGEST PLECO?
cmersits
03-16-2006, 5:11 PM
What is the biggest pleco that we know of? Any pics?
Oddball
03-16-2006, 5:47 PM
Don't know if it's the biggest. But, it'll do for me.
fishnutham
03-16-2006, 5:48 PM
adonis?
Oddball
03-16-2006, 5:57 PM
adonis?
Pseudacanthicus hystrix
Honda12
03-16-2006, 6:08 PM
That looks pretty big to me.
fishnutham
03-16-2006, 7:44 PM
hard to belive it started like this
Honda12
03-16-2006, 8:40 PM
That is crazy that they start that small and can get that big.
Taz2478
03-17-2006, 3:09 PM
gotta get started on that pond.
doesnt someone have a 2-3ft pleco here? its a pic of one still in a tank with someones hand over it...
rottbo
03-17-2006, 3:18 PM
Pseudacanthicus hystrix
hey oddball how big do they get and i know you can find a pic of one so please show us
Oddball
03-17-2006, 3:25 PM
hey oddball how big do they get and i know you can find a pic of one so please show us
Um...Look up. I already posted a hystrix pic. They hit 4ft in about 9 years.
rottbo
03-17-2006, 3:29 PM
Um...Look up. I already posted a hystrix pic. They hit 4ft in about 9 years.
thanks i did they are sweet and i want one how much do they normally cost
Oddball
03-17-2006, 3:31 PM
gotta get started on that pond.
doesnt someone have a 2-3ft pleco here? its a pic of one still in a tank with someones hand over it...
That would be my recently deceased Titanic Panaque. I lost the entire 650gal last week. The Panaque and 21" M. irwini (uranoscopus) are at the taxidermist's.
Oddball
03-17-2006, 3:32 PM
thanks i did they are sweet and i want one how much do they normally cost
"Normally"; a thousand and up. However, I got mine direct from the importer so I paid about 1/2.
jimtan75
03-17-2006, 9:18 PM
That would be my recently deceased Titanic Panaque. I lost the entire 650gal last week. The Panaque and 21" M. irwini (uranoscopus) are at the taxidermist's.
Sorry for your lost. But that's a really a huge titanic panaque. How long it took to grow till this size?
rasdbo
03-17-2006, 9:34 PM
whzat happened, how did the tank crash and how much will it cost to get taxidermist.?
Oddball
03-17-2006, 9:43 PM
I detailed it in another thread. The short story is:
Went to family reunion for 5 days.
3000gph pump impeller seized up.
DO went to nearly 0.
Lost the 36" titanic, 21" uranoscopus, tigrinus, RTCxTSN, P. niger, Siniperca chuatsi, 2 large mbu puffers, 2 RBPacus.
No idea yet what the taxidermy bill will be. But, I didn't want to just bury the 2 biggest monsters in the garden. The mbus were too far gone for mount work. I'll eventually get around to doing a skull prep on the others.
BMWaznboy
03-18-2006, 5:50 AM
wow.;...poor monsters =\ sorry for your loss :(
gollum
04-04-2006, 1:47 PM
sorry to hear that
I'd be devastated to loose all those monsters :(
that's very unlucky
WyldFya
04-04-2006, 5:19 PM
That sucks Oddball. That was a great pleco, and getting another anywhere near that size is expensive, as well as shipping costs.
grow another... sorry to here about that pleco, i always thought it was a real monster!
michael
04-05-2006, 10:34 PM
Not the biggest but they get to over 3 ft and man he was aggressive!
WyldFya
04-05-2006, 11:44 PM
Not the biggest but they get to over 3 ft and man he was aggressive!
Nice A. Hystrix. With him being the top dog in the tank, he naturally would be aggressive. But the beauty of these fish makes it all worth it.
P.S. Nice Tigrinus
does your tig and histrix co-exist well enough?
gollum
04-08-2006, 10:40 AM
nice adonis I just bought one today at 3 inch long its got a way to go
I assume they get to 10 inch in first year or so and then slowly "gigantificate " heh heh... and their spots how long do they stay for ?
WyldFya
04-08-2006, 9:16 PM
The Acanthicus adonis has spots all its life. The acanthicus Hystrix pictured above never has spots. If yours has spots it is the Acanthicus Adonis.
The Acanthicus adonis has spots all its life. The acanthicus Hystrix pictured above never has spots. If yours has spots it is the Acanthicus Adonis.
:iagree: though the spots tend to get smaller (in proportion to size of fish) and fewer with age. these fish get to a good monster size. i especially like these, because their pectoral fins get big too, and always remind me of sharks.
WyldFya
04-09-2006, 3:17 AM
I personally prefer the Adonis over Hystrix, but have loved both types.
I personally prefer the Adonis over Hystrix, but have loved both types.
hopefully not in a interbreeding way :grinno: :ROFL: ;)
WyldFya
04-09-2006, 1:47 PM
OH you know it!!! J/K.
gollum
04-09-2006, 11:10 PM
Thanks for the answer Wyldfya and Davo
Yes my adonis is spotty
therefore Acanthicus adonis
I love their long tails too ... that would be one in your avatar Wyldfya?
WyldFya
04-09-2006, 11:38 PM
YEP YEP!! love my little one to death! such a beauty.
DrBranDo
04-14-2006, 3:24 AM
omg that' scary. imagine it sucking on the aro or catfish... :-S
WyldFya
04-14-2006, 4:47 AM
I used to have a carnivorous Common pleco. He would swim at the top and drop on unsuspecting fish and weigh them down, and suck them to death. We would find a fish at the bottom with a white spot about 1.75" in diameter. Poor things never saw it coming. By the way he was around 22"
Steve_89
04-14-2006, 6:06 AM
I gotta get me an adonis...
Are they aggressive towards other fish??
WyldFya
04-14-2006, 6:55 AM
They are often agressive toward other plecos. They will pick fights with larger plecos, but the fight will dwindle as they establish a pecking order of sorts. If you keep them with other plecos, try to keep them with some fairly tough species that are larger. Keeps the ego of the adonis down.
and make sure that if you put it with a catfish, that its not a pushover, not that many monsters are
WyldFya
04-14-2006, 8:24 AM
I had mine temporarily with some smaller plecos, and he would bully them around quite a bit. When I noticed this I put him back with my 10" Choclate, and he will take him on, but not as often, as most times the choclate will get his way. He didn't really bother my 14" Marble Cat when they were together, but then again that cat was scared of his own shadow.