L024 Pleco
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I didnt chance her my other smaller plecs no real big fish in there shes king kong sized compared to other fish in there. She is solo pleco so far with a BN (dont count) and only have had her for 4 weeks at this point but once i get my eheim pro 3 fixed the bigger clown loaches are going in. This will be interesting. The other barbs are moving into the 75g for lower temp range. It took her a week to figure out she could fit in the pvc connector i got for the clown loaches
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Oooo MY goodness.... Do you have a pic of him when you got it? This thing is amazing... Makes me want to look for one now hahaha
I purchased that guy when it was already over a foot long. Other than coloring up more, growing larger odontodes and getting slightly larger not much has changed.
You don't want to see a picture of this guy now...
You can usually get a decent idea of the potential a small one has by how much red it's got on the leading bony parts of their fins and their tail.
I'll try to dig up an old picture or two of really nice little ones I had.
24s are great fish! If you think you want one, I endorse that decision. You shouldn't have to look too hard to find a quality specimen, especially if you're open to ordering online.
Oh let's see a pic now!! LolI purchased that guy when it was already over a foot long. Other than coloring up more, growing larger odontodes and getting slightly larger not much has changed.
You don't want to see a picture of this guy now...
You can usually get a decent idea of the potential a small one has by how much red it's got on the leading bony parts of their fins and their tail.
I'll try to dig up an old picture or two of really nice little ones I had.
24s are great fish! If you think you want one, I endorse that decision. You shouldn't have to look too hard to find a quality specimen, especially if you're open to ordering online.
I'll have to take one for you. Last one I'm seeing is from October.
Sorry I didn't address this question earlier. Generally, all of my pseudas are pretty peaceful except for the traditional L114s (the various L114s would make for another interesting thread). If ever there's aggression, it's usually between fish of similar size and seems like a dominance thing. Once one gets put in it's place they seem to forgive and forget. I think part of the trick for housing a bunch together is to either ensure that there are enough territories for each fish to claim or if the addition takes too firm a hold and you end up overstocking, then take away territories so they don't have any to fight over. Check out some of the YouTube videos of pleco people in Asia. Their plecos are all hanging out packed together.
I'm definitely about as heavily stocked as I can currently get. I try to use enough wood pieces for any that need it to be able to feel hidden or protected. I don't really have room for territories anymore and they're all pretty well behaved.
None have ever caused problems with any non-plecos
An update, in a 210 with lots of driftwood, colors are nice but size hasn’t really changed, I don’t see him eat much
After my L600 died a few days ago in a grow out, I started researching possible causes. Plecos suddenly not hiding is a pretty bad sign apparently (something the L600 was not doing anymore). One member said it’s not uncommon for medicine to kill plecos gut bacteria, so they don’t breakdown and absorb the nutrients from food regardless of how much they eat. Has anyone experienced this?
I remembered I treated my loaches with prazipro because they were WC, and both plecos were in the grow out at the time. I forgot about my L024 since I had moved him to the large tank and found him today. Whatever killed the L600 had to be the same cause of death. Both looked fat, and no longer hiding. This is a major bummer and definitely a reminder to not treat fish that don’t need to be treated. Kicking myself on this right now for not doing what I know I needed to do in separate QT tank.
I remembered I treated my loaches with prazipro because they were WC, and both plecos were in the grow out at the time. I forgot about my L024 since I had moved him to the large tank and found him today. Whatever killed the L600 had to be the same cause of death. Both looked fat, and no longer hiding. This is a major bummer and definitely a reminder to not treat fish that don’t need to be treated. Kicking myself on this right now for not doing what I know I needed to do in separate QT tank.
Am so bummed finding out about your loss. Was looking forward to seeing yours grow out and see the growth and color changes as it grew. Honestly I get my plecos from trusted source now. I brought a group of 4 adult L264s last year and only 2 are remaining. added 5 more from my local trusted importer. The same one that sold me the L24 I have. It is still doing well. It still bothers me what happened to the first 2 L264s. No signs of illness for the 1st male that died but the last female I believe was either bloat or egg bound. Still kicking myself about not removing her and trying the Espom bath in a qT tank. No one else was affected.
