royal pleco ?'s

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vaine111;2925626; said:
:eek::eek::drool::drool: and here i thought my royal was one of the best looking plecos...

how much do they usually go for??

my lfs might have one seeing they constantly have like 20 different plecos at all times. i love my lfs.

dang.. i wish my lfs carry that much pleco at one time... I only konw of one in So cal.. and he's hard to reach.....

These bigger ones aren't cheap.. but ur Royal over time will get to that size.... royals are actually huge catfish.... bigger than vampire/gold nugget/ galaxy..

As i mention before.. theres also sunshine pleco.. and those are RARE.. i've only seen one in real life.. going for $175bux..

I know that i'm listing all these pleco and it might not help u with the plecos u already own....

But to give u a real idea of all kinda of diff pleco out there.. heres a link...
http://www.amazon-exotic-import.de/Imports_AEI.html
 
yeah my lfs is pretty sweet.

well i am still in the air with the plecos. i really like my royal but i also like the gold nugget too and he stays a lil smaller then the royal. maybe i'll stop in the lfs tomorrow and check what they got and get some opinions on what would go good. i really like how the leopard frog plecos look but they stay too small and i know they have another pleco that looks just like them. i'm thinking it has leopard in the name for it too.
 
vaine111;2925652; said:
yeah my lfs is pretty sweet.

well i am still in the air with the plecos. i really like my royal but i also like the gold nugget too and he stays a lil smaller then the royal. maybe i'll stop in the lfs tomorrow and check what they got and get some opinions on what would go good. i really like how the leopard frog plecos look but they stay too small and i know they have another pleco that looks just like them. i'm thinking it has leopard in the name for it too.

Ya.. there is a leopard pleco.. L-114 i believe.. they kinda look like the L-24 and L-25 being that they look red....

I'd love to see if your LFS has one of these guys.. L-34 Medusa pleco.. they are the perfect carnivorous pleco....

I have to ask again.. what kind of pleco do u have currently.. other than the Royal? and whats your Tank size?
 
vaine111;2925737; said:
i have a 4" royal and a 3" gold nugget. in a 120g.


So a 120gallon.. thats a good roomy size for the pleco.. but i think its better to keep maybe 1 more pleco... unless ur selling the royal and decided that u want smaller size pleco... i think thats the best way...

Plecos do generate a lot of waste.. i'm alreadying seeing it in my 150 gallon with a 8" chocolate pleco and a 5" Royal pleco...
 
If the royal is in the tank w/all carnivores, it might be best to move him. The less protien the better.
 
well the 120 is going to last him a year. i ordered a 280g a couple weeks ago and it gets delivered on the 26th but i aint going to set it up for a while cause it took a lil bit to find an apartment that will let me set up te 120 let alone a 280. and the sec. deposit, the tank, and being laidoff has broke me.
 
ok i think the royal has sealed his fate. he's not allowing any fish in his lil area and he constantlly goes after my ornate birchir when he comes looking for food. so i will be trading him in here in a lil bit. maybe i'll just keep the one gold nugget and get a third birchir. not sure on which though but i know i dont want another ornate.
 
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