New to Plecos, Please help.

[snowhnter]

I have been keeping monsters for serveral years and now find myself in need of (and wanting) some plecos to go in with the big boys. From what I have read I will need to grow them myself, which is fine and perferred, but what I cannot figure out is which ones I should get. I don't want to spend thousands on a pleco but I also don't want the run of the mill standard black pleco I see in every lfs and walmart. I need info on diet and compatibility. I currently have:

2 x 4" cichla mono
5" delhezi bichir
10" delhezi bichir
9"senegal bichir
9" TSN
14" TSN
10" brachyplatystoma juruense
15" marble achara
2 x 10" chitala
20" RTC
Looking to add more but the selection of good fish here is very limited. Should be needless to say, but I will anyway. No, these aren't all in the same tank. They are spead out in grow out tanks while the big one is being built. I would like plecos that will grow big and be colorful or have a good looking pattern if possible. If not than something that will grow large. Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[yayfish24]

Id recomend looking into royal plecos. Sometimes your lfs might get in larger ones which would be better since royals grow slow. They would also be a little harder to eat if you plan on putting them in with your big cats.

 

[ElectricBlueSeanBurch]

Id recomend looking into royal plecos. Sometimes your lfs might get in larger ones which would be better since royals grow slow. They would also be a little harder to eat if you plan on putting them in with your big cats.

Seeing as most if not all of his stock he listed are carnivores I would strongly recomend against the royals. A diet high in protein can be deadly to them.