i have a three beacon over a foot as well.You should see the much smaller male trying to seduce her.
Just how big do plecos get?
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MsMassPoly;4154666; said:
I'm currently doing it. I have yet to have a problem. My biggest pleco is a common pleco at about 6". The only time I've ever seen any interaction between them is when one of the bichirs happens to stumble by one. The pleco just nudges them or swats them with it's tail and they go away.
Okay, so they get very big... Now I'm hearing that they live how long? 7 years!?! How long do plecos generally live?
Answers vary by experience, but it's definitely at least twenty years with good care and genetic advantage. I'm sure it varies by species, but since this thread concerns mainly the common pleco (right?), that's the age range I've been told of. I've even met a 16 year old "common" pleco that lived its whole miserable life in a 20gal. The guy was 8" long and stumpy as hell. He died at 18. And that's with crap for care.
I'd suspect there are 30 year old specimens out there, but good luck documenting it.
I'd suspect there are 30 year old specimens out there, but good luck documenting it.
Dang... Plecos are proving to be pretty cool. I never really liked them but they seem to be getting more and more interesting.
Oh. Welcome to the club. There's so many kinds to learn about! Some spotlighters would have to be vampire plecs which eat freshwater clams and other meaty foods, panaques which actually showed better growth on a diet of pure wood in a laboratory setting, and the medusa pleco, which looks like a sea anemone on a stick. Head on over to planetcatfish.com for a good IV drip of all things pleco.
LOL Well, that's not as high as I thought but still hard for me to get since I'm 15. My parents pay the electric bill ( Thanks to all my tanks it's running above 500 dollars xD) And I pay for everything else or it's a present from holidays. lol
