My monster Plecos

[brewerytattooer]

Here they are. My monster plecos. Both are between 15 and 18 inches in length. The browner one is much thicker than the other. Both rescues from the local fish store. I believe they are both commons. Let me know what you think.

Before he moved to the pond



In the pond
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Before pond

In Pond
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[brich999]

Love the pattern on the first and WOW that is a beast of a pleco in the 2nd 2 pics. Doesnt look like me misses many meals

 

[brewerytattooer]

yeah he is a fat ass. cleans whatever the other one doesn't eat.

I was wondering. They are in a 270 gal pond, but they seem to be aggressive towards each other. Is this normal? They slam into each other, and chase one another around.

 

[mrtoofay]

That's normal. Either add more larger plecos or add hiding spots.

 

[brich999]

Pleco can be territorial and aggressive. The only one I had close to the size of yours was very mean. He would ram the side of a piranha and steal their food, often times he would get mad if they ate it and he would go nuts and keep a whole shoal of piranha cowering in the corner. Maybe adding more structures to break up territory would help the aggression

 

[Rotaryp04s]

Nice snow king

 

[brewerytattooer]

oh wow. just looked those up. I thought that he was just a light colored common. thanks for the info.

 

[Rotaryp04s]

oh wow. just looked those up. I thought that he was just a light colored common. thanks for the info.

The fat one is a L001 gold spots

 

[Warborg]

I love big plecos

 

[brewerytattooer]

@Rotaryp04s thank you for the info.