Gold Nugget Growth Rate

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gergleb

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I was wondering of those who knows, what is the growth rate on a gold nugget pleco. Right now I have one in a 30 gallon growout tank, that wiull soon have 2 EBJD's,. in the mean time he is in there alone. I say he but i am not sure of the sex. it is areound 2-2.5". i feed it zuchinni (spl) algea pellets, and i allow some algae to grow in the tank (slightly). anywas just wondering how long it would take to get bigger?????

Here is the pleco.

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whats the biggest size of a captive one you have heard of ?
a buddy of mine just gave me one as he is moving and sold his tanks
mine is around 2.5-3 inches is size
 
ronin_man;2068802;2068802 said:
whats the biggest size of a captive one you have heard of ?
a buddy of mine just gave me one as he is moving and sold his tanks
mine is around 2.5-3 inches is size
Biggest one I have seen in captivity was 8" easily. He was caught at that size though.
 
bigfishsmallpond;2069955; said:
30 gallon is to small for a growout tank

I doubt he'll outgrow a 30 in captivity, expect him to reach somewhere between 4-6"
 
mine is in a 150 atm, hes only 2.5-3 inchs sometimes i cant find him for hours lol he gets lost in there
 
thanks for the input. i have heard of them being 6" before. but i havent actually talked to anyone who has grown them out.

As far as the tank, i have no room for a larger one. I have recently moved home from college after graduation and have no place to put a larger tank. I currently have a 30 and a 55g, so for now i have him/her in there until i move out again. if i put it in the 55 it will probably be killed by my other fish.
 
mine is in a 110 gal and he seems to be the same size since i got him ages ago...i mean where is all that food i'm giving him going?!
 
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