Royal pleco L191 price and min grow out tank

[cephalofoil]

How much would a 3" L191 be? A chain store near me is asking roughly $60 for it.

What would the min grow out tank be? There isn't any driftwood in the tank at the store so I kinda feel bad for it and I always wanted a royal

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[Rotaryp04s]

I seen them go low as $19.99, 40 gallon breeder would be a good grow out tank.

 

[doomiedee]

I got 3 on aquabid for $45($15 each) + overnight shipping. I got mine in a 40 breeder before I got rid of two of them they was in a 90.


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[cephalofoil]

Wow thats so cheap. I guess I won't get him. I'll see if I can convince them to add some drift wood for him.. Biggest tank I have available at the moment is a10 anyway. Thanks for the input

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[doomiedee]

Yeah check out aquabid you never know.


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[cephalofoil]

Yeah check out aquabid you never know.


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Problem is I'm in Canada and not many people will ship here. Especially if I'm looking for something specific. I can dream though ...

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[doomiedee]

Yeah that would definitely be hard and more costly.


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[David R]

I'm not sure about a "grow out" tank, do you need to get it up to a certain size before adding it to a tank with larger fish? Obviously bigger is better, mine grew from ~2" to 7-8" in a 140x65cm footprint and are now in a 240x120cm footprint and growing steadily.

 

[cephalofoil]

I'm not sure about a "grow out" tank, do you need to get it up to a certain size before adding it to a tank with larger fish? Obviously bigger is better, mine grew from ~2" to 7-8" in a 140x65cm footprint and are now in a 240x120cm footprint and growing steadily.

I'd like it to be bigger before adding to other fish yeah. I know they grow slow so I was actually just looking to see if a 10 could work for a while. I see the average is around 40 gallons.

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[David R]

Bigger tank = bigger fish, I wouldn't use the 10g for anything but an emergency. Everyone says they are slow growing, but if they're keeping them in tiny tanks I'm not surprised! Mine went from 6cm to ~20cm in 13 months. Still growing steadily now. 40g with a good footprint wouldn't be a bad start for a 3" fish, but the sooner you can move it into a bigger tank the better.