Looks like my assumption was correct, his belly is definitely more full today. Not flat yet, but on a swift road to recovery. This is great news for me because this beast has quickly become my favorite. I thought he’d fight with my other plecos, specifically my aggressive red fin blue eye, but that must have ended already, the red fin keeps his distance. A actually caught the bright eyed royal hanging out with his blue eyed buddy earlier but spooked him when I rushed in to get the photo! I’d post the belly photo but I keep getting too much glare. I’ll bore whoever is looking at this with the buddy shot instead! This is right as the Royal was moving away:
