Tsarmina Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 he finally allowed me to take some pics of him (camera shy). please note the black spots are algae on the side of the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brishe Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 Hi, we just brought an albino pleco about three weeks ago, he had been at the petshop for ages and look really skinny and sickly!! so after weeks of feeling sorry for it i brought it. I have quarantined it and treated the white spot and hex and it is now in our discus tank (200 liters) it is about 6cmlong at the moment and it is finally filling out and growing and looking healthy. How big do they grow? and also our one is more of a reddy brown colour on its body, do they lighten as they grow?? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted September 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 last time i tried to measure him (about a week ago), he was over 26cm including tail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brishe Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 last time i tried to measure him (about a week ago), he was over 26cm including tail Wow! thats pretty big, this one has got some growing to do then,the pet shop said it wouldnt get very big!! mind you i have know idea how long it had been unwell for and maybe its stunted, but its definatly filling out now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 Depends what species of pleco you have too. Tsarmina's looks like a gibbiceps?, they can grow to 40cm or so eventually. There are also albino bristlenose plecos around too, they stay pretty small, 10cm or so. There may be albino strains of other pleocs out there, but those are the ones I've seen. Cheers Ian P.S. Nice pleco Tsarmina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted September 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 thanks i don't mind a 40cm pleco. he and my black ghost knife are best buddies, and the BGK is likely to get that big too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted September 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 oh, and hubby saw the plecos at the national aquarium and 40cm would have been very small in that tank, especially as they had a croc in there too :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 Very nice fishie Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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