Just wondering what about the largest plecos anyone out there has seen. How big have your Plecos gotten? The biggest one I saw as a trade in was about 18 inches. Would like to find that guy now, I have a home for him now.
Just how big does a pleco get...
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Biggest one I have is about 18-19" inches, nose touches bottom of upper plastic trim and tail touches gravel when he's on the glass. I know I've seen pics on here of some that were even bigger though.
I have seen some wild ones here that are easily 2ft prob closer to 3.
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I have speared some just over 2 feet in length. The biggest I've seen in captivity was just short of 20 inches.
I found a little one once in an aquarium ornament at a day care center. It was about 4 inches long, had been living in 2 inches of filthy water, no food, no air. Rescued it, took it home. Turned into a 10 inch terror of a digger. Amazing, the conditions some of these fish can survive in. Wild ones would be enormous. Wouldn't mind seeing some fish in their native environment, but I'm not much of a traveler.
Longshot, what part of texas do you live in? I used to live in Abilene back when I was in high school.
Longshot, what part of texas do you live in? I used to live in Abilene back when I was in high school.
We had them in the san Antonio river. Basically any river in Texas has them
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Read on Yahoo about wild plecos causing trouble in Florida. The picture was of an "armored cat". My first thought was "Free Plecos!". If I lived in Florida, could catch wild oscars and plecos and never need to buy a fish! I'm looking for a big pleco trade in, I'll find one eventually. Need one big enough to stay out of the mouth of a 14 inch jaguar.
Saw one in the river here in florida when I was with a few friends. One guy tried catching it, but it swam away. It was a good 16-20 inches.