BIGGEST PLECO?

[Oddball]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

whzat happened, how did the tank crash and how much will it cost to get taxidermist.?

 

[Oddball]

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]

wow.;...poor monsters =\ sorry for your loss

 

[gollum]

sorry to hear that
I'd be devastated to loose all those monsters
that's very unlucky

 

[WyldFya]

That sucks Oddball. That was a great pleco, and getting another anywhere near that size is expensive, as well as shipping costs.