The merkings on my plac look different to that, mine is sort of leopard skin spots but that could be cos he's only about 12" at the moment. grow you bugger grow!!!!!!!
TYVM for info about steam broccoli, just bought a baby pleco for our 80Gal. Saturday boy in the shop said that Plec could survive on glass algae along. Anything else you can recommend feeding him?
i got a 1 inch and he is always hiding i feel like he is scared he lives with 10 goldfish his name is sucker...i am going to buy a bigger pleco a 6 inch to make him feel comfortable....will he eat my golfishs and will he be hard to take care of and will it help at all to buy a bigger one please responf FAST!!!!!!
My mom's tank is horribly small for her poor pleco! A 29 gallon!! Poor thing hits the side of the tank when it gets spooked or tries turning around :/ I'll post a vid and show you how mean it is :(
After I post the vid, you should help me with an argument on how to move the poor thing to my 55 gallon! I'd really like advice from someone like you, who knows what they are doing! It would help a lot, thanks!
my pleco 3" long was attacked by my flowerhorn which is also 3" long..could ne1 suggest what size pleco should i buy? my flower horn is apprx 3 to 4" long
i had a pleco (leopard pattern) it got to 23inch! it stopped growing after 11yrs of having him. his tank mates were 3 tiger oscas . the pleco attacked one of the osca's and skinned it alive....rasped with its mouth all the skin off it's body. they lived fine with each other for 5yrs. but....these things can turn and develop a savage nature. . all 3 oscas were over a ft long.
That fish could kick Russel Crowe's arse all day long!
I have a pleccy about 14/15" long and it rises to the top to feed, free swimming backwards at an angle. I swear the smaller plec I had before I got this one has watched and learned how to do that too.
I'd be interested in finding out if anybody else has seen these (beautiful) fish do that.
Beautiful fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) I have a quick question. I own a 55 Gal with a puffer(fugu) he is Very small, along with a Pacu, Ghost knife and a brown knife. A co worker wants to give me his fairly Large Plico...are they aggressive fish?
I love mine, its got some right speed on him, when i put his algea wafer things in, all the other fish got straight for it and it just shoots straight across the tank scaring them all away then eats it its hilarious.
idk you but i find pleco d ugliest fish eveer, specially those flat black color and dark.... specially when they grow that big.... but good job with getting him that big
@PlecoPlace i just got mine 2 days ago....my tanks only a month old....i bought algae wafers but he doesnt seem to eat them....wat should i do? put one in every night or?
whenever i put Cucumber or Zuchini in the tank my platys and guppies go ape shit and start eating it when it was meant for my pleco -.- he gets bullied by the smaller fish and i havnt caught him eating in ageeess. he hides behind the uv filter!! thats all he does!!!!
@mishpants They're supposed to be nocturnal, so he's probably eating at night. You should put the food in just before turning off the light of the tank, and that will hopefully encourage him to eat.
i love plecos but sadly my last couple have been killed. and my largest one jumped out of the tank :( i want to get more but i dont want to see them die
its a sub, its a shipwreck, its an underwater gorilla, its, its, ITS A HUGE ASS PLECO. haha but really nice pleco dude. mines 11 inches in a 55 gallon right now
a really brilliant specimen of a pleco it brings back memorys when i had two one 10" and the other 11" they were in a 4ft tank but died recentley i didnt know the cause and i was frustrated because i had them for a long time now i have an 8" one i have to say tho how comes you sold it for $20 i would of thought it would be alot more?
I got a Pleco about 2 days ago, he's already an adult (about 25cm long), and he won't come out of his hiding spot at all, his tank mates are 2 friendly Jack dempsey's and 2 Angel fish, any tips on making him feel more safer or happier in his new tank?
Mine was shy too when he was tiny. But as he grew he became more aggressive. At one point he shared the tank with two 8 inch Red Devils. That made him tough. :-)
today i found my pleco out of the water after doing water changes. he was dried up and so but i put him back into the bowl instantly and he swam but i came back into the room to se him floating but then again i saw him back at the bottom. everytime i come in hes in a differnt place but his fins are a bit torn but not majorly, just enough to see they are. will he be ok? he was out for less then a hour or 2 i would beleive.
...don't put your plecos in the tank with other fishes. it eats like a glutton leaving your other fishes starving. i had this bad experience with plecos. they also created a problem in one of our river banks when they over multiplied. they also devoured the fishermen's fish eggs and left the river only with their own specie. they were actually uncontrollable as they multiply so fast. they are now considered as pests.
just a couple of days ago i went fishin at a near by lake here in florida and i found the biggest pleco ive ever seen!!! (btw i own 2 of them in my indoor fishtank, thier still only 2 inches) but the one at the lake was lethargic and didnt move of the shore.. he didnt even try to swim away wen i put my hand in thier to grab him.. but i noticed he had a small cut on his underbelly that already was getting infected.. so i decided to put him in back in the water.. man.. poor little fellow..
in the philippines they kill pleco cuz they'r destroying river and lakes and eating some fish eggs now on they r the most populated fish in the philippines
If you have no other choice than keep the water very clean by over filtering and weekly 10% water changes. The Pleco you see in this video started off in a 5 gallon tank. :-)
@PlecoPlace hi im moving in about a week and i have an 7 inch pleco which as never been caught or moved from my tank and i want to know how to properly catch him and what should i put him in during the process of setting up the tank, i have no other smaller tanks so what should i do?
@fitbikerider459 So did you find out how to move it in time? I read something once that said that you're supposed to take out like 75% of the water in the tank and then move the fish in the tank as fast as possible, and when you get to your destination, just put the water back in. Is that what you did?
@PlecoPlace i have a question ok i have a 30 gallon tank and a top fin power 60 filter so it cleans the tank pretty good BUT i put u[ to 3 algae wafers a day for my 7-8 inch pleco and goes right when i drop them in, does that mean there is no algae for him to eat or what. and also i have notcied that he goes really fast for 1 sec then stops and one time he was on the glass and i was watching him then he came off the glass and turned 90 degrees and sort of twitched and swam really fast he did thA
do i need to feed a pleco? i have tons of algae and a (dead fish somewhere) is that enough to keep him healthy until it cleans out? will it eat the flakes i feed my glofish? please respond if you have a moment
@zunedog31 if you want somthing to clean algea buy a scraper.
yes you should feed them some sinking wafers plecos are used to having eating alot with out high nurtitional contence so give him some lettuce cucomber carrots and have fun with it my rubber lip liked nectarines among other things you can just tie their food to somthing that sinks and sink it or boil it quickly in dechlorinated water but the sinking is easier
@zunedog31 ur supposed to remove a fish when it dies, it can poisen ur water and disease ur tank and kill all ur fish.
and if ur tanks covered in algea and u still have a pleco CLEAN IT!
and its best to give them Algea Discs. it'll take em alwhile to eat em but once they do they'll love em lol, n also Cucumber slices are good for em to .
@zunedog31 yes you need to feed the pleco. you should feed it zuchinni or othe rvegetables. just poke em with a fork so they sink. pleco cannot survive off of algae only and will starve
Ours doesn't bother at all with goldifsh flakes, it just eats algea all day. That said we have a lot algea and were not sure if were are to feed it the tablet looking things, but I guess not.
I personally think you have this pleco in a great size tank. When you said that your pleco was in a tank i thought i was gonna see it in like a 20 gallon or something crazy like that. But yeah this tank look pretty big enough for him if ya ask me ;)
can you tell me what yours or any pleco eats other than tank algae because once thats all gone then what i want one for my 10 gallon because in my 20 gallon he would be bullied by my crayfish or bluegill please helpthe 10 will only be for him
I bought one of these two days ago. I've been after one for a long time but the shop I get my fish and plants from only stocked fully grown ones and in tropical tanks. The woman had cold water ones and I just had to get one. Will it grow to this size if I give him the suitable conditions? I'm saving for a bigger tank with a stand (My current tanks sit on the floor in my bedroom)
I was told in my local petshop that they only grow to 5inches yet the ones in the aqua shop are massive monsters!
i gotta pleco and i was just wonderin how big was urs when u first got it? they told me mine was a "rubber lip"? idk but they said somewhere from 2 to almost 3 feet long it cld grow
@bobbyhill789 If by rubber lip, they meant the Rubber Pleco, aka Bulldog Pleco, then they're one of the smaller species, also one of the best. They only grow to about five inches, max. Generally no more than four.
A lot of people at fish stores don't know shit, and think every pleco's the same. Plecos only grow depending on the size of their tank. Though, stunting (due to tank size) can take a serious toll on its health, these guys can grow to an average of two feet in a large enough tank.
I just recently got one and he freaks me out. He was just standing straight up not moving or breathing LOL I thought he was dead. When I tried to take him, because I thought had died, he started going crazy. LOL Do they act like that all the time?
SHARK!!! lol awwwww what a lovely plecco!!! :) glad to hear he is in a nicer place :) and i didnt know that about 'the cleaner the water the bigger they grow' hmmm interesting =) Ive turned my filter off because theres little baby fish and i didnt want them getting sucked into the filter, suppose i better get a filter suited to both the plecco and the babies eh? :P
we have a pleco and she is 16 inches we have a 200 gallon tank and she is only 3 years old we also have and angel fish that is very big and we have three filters in the tank will our pleco keep growing until she outgrows the tank?
he's gorgeous!! i love plecs! (can't have one coz we have a coldwater tank :( (but my goldies are gorgeous too, just had to say that in case they get jealous! )
I did not know about the clean water thing. THANKS! Always thought it was tank size that dictated the growth. My Pleco is about 14 inches and he is 25 years old. He is in a 30 gallon now and I'm getting ready a 75 gallon. Going to have lots more wood and hiding spots for him.
I am so glad you posted this video with information. I Lol'd at the Maximus Plecostomus in the beginning!
People need to realize that "common plecos" grow very big, and need a variety of fresh veggies to help them grow. Many also think plecos grow to the size of the tank, but that's because of what you stated above, their growth hormone shuts down, not good for the fish!
If people have small tanks, purchase fancy plecos that stay to about 5 inches! Glad he's enjoying his new home!
cool fish my sis had one in a 10 gallon tank cause she didn't realize the got so big but it ate everything that wound up on the bottom including fish. once it got to about 2 inch though she gave it back to the pet store
Ugh! I have one of these! Or at least had. I had to give it away because it got so big! It would have gotten bigger if I had a bigger tank! I finally gave it away! Mine got maybe aboyt 10 inches. It was huge!
@PlecoPlace My gosh <(O.O)> That looks priceless, time after time i come back to watch this video and in my thoughts "Wtf he sold it for $20, i would've bought it for a $100+" now everyday i stare my little plecos compared to this GIANT ZAMBOZO you used to have LOL
geez... did you end up having to setup a tank just for this thing?
PLASTICPOPCORN4 7 months ago
Epic!
fieryhand 7 months ago
well...thats attractive......................lol
1234thefishguy 7 months ago
yea i bought mine at a pet store for 20 bucks XL. he was in a 40 gallon growing up at the pet store so now he is in 65 gallon tank.
MrNate2111 7 months ago
haha... so funny :) plecos are the best!!
calvinscandalous 7 months ago
y is he all alone
MannyFresh1x 7 months ago
this video makes the fish seem like it's a freakin dragon or something out of the ordinary
RockUgud 7 months ago
Someone plz help! my pleco is bloated. wat should i do? plz respond!
PLeCo9668 7 months ago
The merkings on my plac look different to that, mine is sort of leopard skin spots but that could be cos he's only about 12" at the moment. grow you bugger grow!!!!!!!
SuperMackey1978 7 months ago
Wow!
Awsome pleco!
My pleco is about 5 inches.
G1GAR0 7 months ago
wow congrats on rising such a cute pleco! your pleco could of gone for like 100 bucks! ;)
candy18869 7 months ago
CCCCCCCCCCheck my channel my pleco tank is way worse than this haha!
TheToastPeople 8 months ago
I love these thingsd. They are beast.
imwiththebleachers21 8 months ago
omg ... it's a monster :))
dazcorupt 8 months ago
What does $20 buy you nowadays? Movie and small popcorn? Our country is getting inflated. I would not have sold it for $20.
lureyourkidsinvan 8 months ago
i just put one about 2 inches long in my 20 gallon. when he gets too big ill let him go in a lake. hehehehehe
zunedog31 8 months ago
LOL star wars music?
DarrenTP 8 months ago
i had one that was 12 yrs old and 19in when he passed. he was a great fish and i miss him. thanks for sharing.
danyell47641 8 months ago
Jesus, that thing's a monster.
cuckingfunts 9 months ago
TYVM for info about steam broccoli, just bought a baby pleco for our 80Gal. Saturday boy in the shop said that Plec could survive on glass algae along. Anything else you can recommend feeding him?
mrcoogs86 9 months ago
LOL O_O its bigger thn mine :( :O!
TheGreekGuy1 9 months ago
how old is he
MrBernieliu 9 months ago
Ooooow look at the plecossimussahhhhhhhhhh! Yessss!!! They are so neat to watch, I love it when they blink their eyes awww hehehehe!
watchensee 9 months ago
o my god
EDGE619able 9 months ago
awesome
EDGE619able 9 months ago
what kind of plec is this? he has the very same markings as mine and i dont know what he is. cheers.
TomAnEllie 9 months ago
He's a big guy! Sooooo coool!
macsarcule 9 months ago
do they all grow this much
mjndblain 9 months ago
holy CRAP!
Mamboleo1995 9 months ago
i got a 1 inch and he is always hiding i feel like he is scared he lives with 10 goldfish his name is sucker...i am going to buy a bigger pleco a 6 inch to make him feel comfortable....will he eat my golfishs and will he be hard to take care of and will it help at all to buy a bigger one please responf FAST!!!!!!
Mw2beastu22 9 months ago
Dang, why did you sell it for only $20?
NemoRahul 10 months ago
How did you move this fish when you sold him? BIG BAG
XxBreeBree 10 months ago
cool... mine is only about 9 inches now!!!
Archedemist 10 months ago
wow thats huge!,but i read the description and whats an Eheim? Please answer me back.
MrRshee 10 months ago
In my dad's tank , a parrot cichlid and flowerhorn cichlid hybrid bit the pleco's head off.....
iEssential 10 months ago
i have a 4.5 inch little guy. his name is moose. :D
celloplayer56 10 months ago
I thought that my pleco, that I bought today is huge (14 inch), but MAN, this is COLOSSAL!
CichliDaqi 10 months ago
FREAKEN HUGE MAN! i hope mine gets to be that big!
BTW was it a Male or female?
TheRedsai2004 10 months ago
I Had a small one like this is my goldfish tank.
and i put my hand in to take something out of the water and it stuck on my hand and i had a fucking freak out.
WhatsDog 10 months ago
Naw, I don't think this tank is too small!
My mom's tank is horribly small for her poor pleco! A 29 gallon!! Poor thing hits the side of the tank when it gets spooked or tries turning around :/ I'll post a vid and show you how mean it is :(
After I post the vid, you should help me with an argument on how to move the poor thing to my 55 gallon! I'd really like advice from someone like you, who knows what they are doing! It would help a lot, thanks!
scarhbar23 10 months ago
GEEEEEEZ US
nintendoboy157 10 months ago
I have one in my tank but its 20 times smaller :]
nintendoboy157 10 months ago
my pleco 3" long was attacked by my flowerhorn which is also 3" long..could ne1 suggest what size pleco should i buy? my flower horn is apprx 3 to 4" long
murtaz88 10 months ago
amazazing! Its huge
Jangosaurus 11 months ago
Do you know the people you sold him to, if so is it still alive?
psnaddict 11 months ago
And they live for how long?
Silent0Swift0Strike0 11 months ago
Nice, I caught some nice big plecos like this once in Trinidad.
zakartaz 11 months ago
That is EPIC shit
TheVidRater007 11 months ago
i had a pleco (leopard pattern) it got to 23inch! it stopped growing after 11yrs of having him. his tank mates were 3 tiger oscas . the pleco attacked one of the osca's and skinned it alive....rasped with its mouth all the skin off it's body. they lived fine with each other for 5yrs. but....these things can turn and develop a savage nature. . all 3 oscas were over a ft long.
bkermike 11 months ago
Maximus Plecostomus LOL
That fish could kick Russel Crowe's arse all day long!
I have a pleccy about 14/15" long and it rises to the top to feed, free swimming backwards at an angle. I swear the smaller plec I had before I got this one has watched and learned how to do that too.
I'd be interested in finding out if anybody else has seen these (beautiful) fish do that.
Nice vid :o)
Astronotus57 11 months ago
holy shit i was gonna get one for my 20gallon tank but now this video scared the crap out of me.
five5oh0 11 months ago
omg it's watching you!
mikeymul987 1 year ago
that is one sexy fish!
mikeymul987 1 year ago
Beautiful fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) I have a quick question. I own a 55 Gal with a puffer(fugu) he is Very small, along with a Pacu, Ghost knife and a brown knife. A co worker wants to give me his fairly Large Plico...are they aggressive fish?
BrittanniMelissa 1 year ago
I two large 1000 gallon in ground freshwated ponds and need to find a few very large plecos. Does anyone know where to get them in south florida?
farleydave 1 year ago
damn thats one big pleco, you got any recent pictures of him at the boat store pond? if hes still alive, i bet hes over 22"s
chillincruisin 1 year ago
@ifukzwitmy9mmcuhzz
That's what I did, you can do what ever you think is best. :-)
PlecoPlace 1 year ago
@PlecoPlace well i got some oscars and one 14 in pleco @silversteak siad plecos eat glutton and kill your fish
starwolf5051 1 year ago
I love mine, its got some right speed on him, when i put his algea wafer things in, all the other fish got straight for it and it just shoots straight across the tank scaring them all away then eats it its hilarious.
crazynoobboy 1 year ago
what??? sold for 20 $??? that thing is atleast like 200$.....
evothefool 1 year ago 37
@evothefool
In San Diego you can't give them away. They are too common.
PlecoPlace 1 year ago 5
@evothefool there called common plecos for a reason and when you got a big common 20 bucks its fair..200 is crazy no offense..
Pararescue001 9 months ago
@evothefool Not really. You can catch a sucker fish that size in a river or a regular pond.
classicskid10 7 months ago
Yay pleco!
bardeuxfan 1 year ago
Wow, beautiful pleco! My uncle had one, but not nearly that large!
MyFishCare101 1 year ago
iv got a 5 inch plecostumus in a 55 gallon tank its only 6 months old
HobbyKing1000 1 year ago
my pleca just sitson the back of my filter..and doesnt move often, anythin to be worried about?
KidJUdgedByHIsPAst 1 year ago
thats one healthy looking pleco :]
i like the music too
vietpride4444 1 year ago
idk you but i find pleco d ugliest fish eveer, specially those flat black color and dark.... specially when they grow that big.... but good job with getting him that big
Loony1989 1 year ago
Are You Not Entertained?!
andmat757 1 year ago
@andmat757
Good One!
PlecoPlace 1 year ago
beautiful pleco. mine went from 1.5 inches to 11 in 2 years. vegetables every evening and partial water change every day.
hypercarbon 1 year ago
Good god !
MisterBankz 1 year ago
that pleco is heeeeealthy lol
thehorsiewhisperer 1 year ago
how long did it take for the pelco to be 19 in please answer
DAyumiTsADaM 1 year ago
@DAyumiTsADaM
Please read description.
PlecoPlace 1 year ago
@PlecoPlace i just got mine 2 days ago....my tanks only a month old....i bought algae wafers but he doesnt seem to eat them....wat should i do? put one in every night or?
Bajaheat 9 months ago
whenever i put Cucumber or Zuchini in the tank my platys and guppies go ape shit and start eating it when it was meant for my pleco -.- he gets bullied by the smaller fish and i havnt caught him eating in ageeess. he hides behind the uv filter!! thats all he does!!!!
mishpants 1 year ago
@mishpants They're supposed to be nocturnal, so he's probably eating at night. You should put the food in just before turning off the light of the tank, and that will hopefully encourage him to eat.
LiliFromHali 1 year ago
i love plecos but sadly my last couple have been killed. and my largest one jumped out of the tank :( i want to get more but i dont want to see them die
Zaphyr1276 1 year ago
its a sub, its a shipwreck, its an underwater gorilla, its, its, ITS A HUGE ASS PLECO. haha but really nice pleco dude. mines 11 inches in a 55 gallon right now
AHERSQD 1 year ago
a really brilliant specimen of a pleco it brings back memorys when i had two one 10" and the other 11" they were in a 4ft tank but died recentley i didnt know the cause and i was frustrated because i had them for a long time now i have an 8" one i have to say tho how comes you sold it for $20 i would of thought it would be alot more?
ashbuzzman100 1 year ago
I got a Pleco about 2 days ago, he's already an adult (about 25cm long), and he won't come out of his hiding spot at all, his tank mates are 2 friendly Jack dempsey's and 2 Angel fish, any tips on making him feel more safer or happier in his new tank?
TheHungis 1 year ago
@TheHungis
Mine was shy too when he was tiny. But as he grew he became more aggressive. At one point he shared the tank with two 8 inch Red Devils. That made him tough. :-)
PlecoPlace 1 year ago
Bro my pleco is going crazy I need your help!! Its eyes are sunken in and its trying to swim out of the tank!!
sunbakedBEANBOY 1 year ago
should i feed my pl*co algae tabs everyday or every other day or every week please reply
fitbikerider459 1 year ago
should i feed my pl*co algea tabs everyday or every week?
fitbikerider459 1 year ago
loving the music
cookiebean88 1 year ago
today i found my pleco out of the water after doing water changes. he was dried up and so but i put him back into the bowl instantly and he swam but i came back into the room to se him floating but then again i saw him back at the bottom. everytime i come in hes in a differnt place but his fins are a bit torn but not majorly, just enough to see they are. will he be ok? he was out for less then a hour or 2 i would beleive.
napoleontak 1 year ago
...don't put your plecos in the tank with other fishes. it eats like a glutton leaving your other fishes starving. i had this bad experience with plecos. they also created a problem in one of our river banks when they over multiplied. they also devoured the fishermen's fish eggs and left the river only with their own specie. they were actually uncontrollable as they multiply so fast. they are now considered as pests.
Silverstreak2000 1 year ago
@Silverstreak2000
It took a long time to sell my Pleco and I came very close to letting him go free in the San Diego river. However, he was bought in the nick of time.
PlecoPlace 1 year ago
wow, very impressive fish, my Pleco is only 25cm long atm, hope he grows to be as big as yours :D, good vid
TheHungis 1 year ago
thanks for the advise
deathstingray117 1 year ago
most epic music in a video ever
jadedforlyfe 1 year ago
HMM my water is sometimes dirty sometimes clean will it still grown please respond i want it to grow my filter SUCKS.!
TheResistanceNation 1 year ago
Nice video!
(You could have got more than $20 for that big fish)
bautroi70 1 year ago
@bautroi70 i know huh
mrnick88ful 1 year ago
cool
REALYSTUPIDPATRICK 1 year ago
My 6 inch pleco died today.. :l
I'm not sure why..
Xbox360owner68 1 year ago
just a couple of days ago i went fishin at a near by lake here in florida and i found the biggest pleco ive ever seen!!! (btw i own 2 of them in my indoor fishtank, thier still only 2 inches) but the one at the lake was lethargic and didnt move of the shore.. he didnt even try to swim away wen i put my hand in thier to grab him.. but i noticed he had a small cut on his underbelly that already was getting infected.. so i decided to put him in back in the water.. man.. poor little fellow..
cacon56 1 year ago
That's a common pleco. Common plecos look better than spotted plecos but they grow much larger which is my deal breaker.
jabe55 1 year ago
Fuck, that bitch is HUGE! I've only got like 4 albino catfish and a peppermint! They recently spawned. BUT FUCK! THAT BITCH IS HUGE!!
AussieBrock 1 year ago
Thanks for the tips on these fish
weiwdxnw3nywyxrc98 1 year ago
in the philippines they kill pleco cuz they'r destroying river and lakes and eating some fish eggs now on they r the most populated fish in the philippines
mrjasXD 1 year ago
my pleco is in a 5 gallon tank is it gonna be ok for 2 years plz answer?
TheResistanceNation 1 year ago
@TheResistanceNation nope
stephen4715 1 year ago
@TheResistanceNation
nope , a pleco wouldnt be ok for 2 years in a 5 gallon tank
it could stunt growth which could lead to other problems
also it depends on the pleco species (there are hundreds)
BIGGESTxxEMINEMxxFAN 1 year ago
@TheResistanceNation
If you have no other choice than keep the water very clean by over filtering and weekly 10% water changes. The Pleco you see in this video started off in a 5 gallon tank. :-)
PlecoPlace 1 year ago
@PlecoPlace hi im moving in about a week and i have an 7 inch pleco which as never been caught or moved from my tank and i want to know how to properly catch him and what should i put him in during the process of setting up the tank, i have no other smaller tanks so what should i do?
fitbikerider459 1 year ago
@fitbikerider459 So did you find out how to move it in time? I read something once that said that you're supposed to take out like 75% of the water in the tank and then move the fish in the tank as fast as possible, and when you get to your destination, just put the water back in. Is that what you did?
LiliFromHali 1 year ago
@PlecoPlace i have a question ok i have a 30 gallon tank and a top fin power 60 filter so it cleans the tank pretty good BUT i put u[ to 3 algae wafers a day for my 7-8 inch pleco and goes right when i drop them in, does that mean there is no algae for him to eat or what. and also i have notcied that he goes really fast for 1 sec then stops and one time he was on the glass and i was watching him then he came off the glass and turned 90 degrees and sort of twitched and swam really fast he did thA
fitbikerider459 1 year ago
how, exactly, do you feed a pleco steamed broccoli? i'm really curious
Anuvhurf 1 year ago
Wow he is amazing a true work of nature's beauty. I envy you got to be in his presence
shannon9696 1 year ago
that is a cool black pleco. i only have a baby one.
spitfire4599 1 year ago
mine ate the flakes that i feed my koi and goldfish it even went to the top to eat them so i would say they do
ty402123 1 year ago
do i need to feed a pleco? i have tons of algae and a (dead fish somewhere) is that enough to keep him healthy until it cleans out? will it eat the flakes i feed my glofish? please respond if you have a moment
zunedog31 1 year ago
@zunedog31 if you want somthing to clean algea buy a scraper.
yes you should feed them some sinking wafers plecos are used to having eating alot with out high nurtitional contence so give him some lettuce cucomber carrots and have fun with it my rubber lip liked nectarines among other things you can just tie their food to somthing that sinks and sink it or boil it quickly in dechlorinated water but the sinking is easier
nicofish1000 1 year ago
@zunedog31 you can give them some algae wafers!
Joost123321123 1 year ago
@zunedog31 ur supposed to remove a fish when it dies, it can poisen ur water and disease ur tank and kill all ur fish.
and if ur tanks covered in algea and u still have a pleco CLEAN IT!
and its best to give them Algea Discs. it'll take em alwhile to eat em but once they do they'll love em lol, n also Cucumber slices are good for em to .
RealRapMusic101 1 year ago
@zunedog31 yes you need to feed the pleco. you should feed it zuchinni or othe rvegetables. just poke em with a fork so they sink. pleco cannot survive off of algae only and will starve
aorolecall 1 year ago
@zunedog31
Ours doesn't bother at all with goldifsh flakes, it just eats algea all day. That said we have a lot algea and were not sure if were are to feed it the tablet looking things, but I guess not.
cpmc1 1 year ago
i had always thought they were called pasotamas lol
thechattyone1 1 year ago
I have 2 plecos in one tank and one in another they got lazy when they got bigger though.
neeneeyofishing 1 year ago
make more vids!
fingerboard621 1 year ago
someone can tell me if plecostomus is able to eat green algae?
I intend green algae spurt out from south american plants like echinodorus and alternanthera red!
Bulloromano 1 year ago
i bet u could have sold that for 50 with good bargin but still nice!
crazywilburclan 1 year ago
Shit that fish is BIG.
kfor714 1 year ago
I personally think you have this pleco in a great size tank. When you said that your pleco was in a tank i thought i was gonna see it in like a 20 gallon or something crazy like that. But yeah this tank look pretty big enough for him if ya ask me ;)
DuhhDogsRule14 1 year ago
can you tell me what yours or any pleco eats other than tank algae because once thats all gone then what i want one for my 10 gallon because in my 20 gallon he would be bullied by my crayfish or bluegill please helpthe 10 will only be for him
pitbull0592 1 year ago
can you please tell me what happens if a plecos nose cover is missing??
if you dont understand i can explain!
please help me!
johnramsbottem 1 year ago
is it true if you put small fish in there like tetras he'll eat them?
aflockofmusic2 1 year ago
plecos are super freaks...super freaks...they're supa freeeaaaky...
johnnyphoenix74 1 year ago
I bought one of these two days ago. I've been after one for a long time but the shop I get my fish and plants from only stocked fully grown ones and in tropical tanks. The woman had cold water ones and I just had to get one. Will it grow to this size if I give him the suitable conditions? I'm saving for a bigger tank with a stand (My current tanks sit on the floor in my bedroom)
I was told in my local petshop that they only grow to 5inches yet the ones in the aqua shop are massive monsters!
MissDaisyLoo 1 year ago
nice fish......
avisaltic 1 year ago
Lovely fish!
SlEasyTarget 1 year ago
you should have sold it for way more
Coolman1234556789 1 year ago
its reel and awsome
TheChadharrell 1 year ago
wow meh fran has on and hes lyk 14 inches long i dont think ima get one
TheFightingwarrior 1 year ago
i gotta pleco and i was just wonderin how big was urs when u first got it? they told me mine was a "rubber lip"? idk but they said somewhere from 2 to almost 3 feet long it cld grow
bobbyhill789 1 year ago
@bobbyhill789
Please read my description.
PlecoPlace 1 year ago
@bobbyhill789 If by rubber lip, they meant the Rubber Pleco, aka Bulldog Pleco, then they're one of the smaller species, also one of the best. They only grow to about five inches, max. Generally no more than four.
A lot of people at fish stores don't know shit, and think every pleco's the same. Plecos only grow depending on the size of their tank. Though, stunting (due to tank size) can take a serious toll on its health, these guys can grow to an average of two feet in a large enough tank.
Randymyr 1 year ago
@Randymyr well mine was a inch and he was in there for 2 months and grew to 5 inches luckily i got a 30 gallon now hes 6.5 inches and still growing
fitbikerider459 1 year ago
Its scary how those little offspring of the plecostomus can turn into such monsters.
TheBettaApprentice 1 year ago
I just recently got one and he freaks me out. He was just standing straight up not moving or breathing LOL I thought he was dead. When I tried to take him, because I thought had died, he started going crazy. LOL Do they act like that all the time?
yelloke2006 1 year ago
@yelloke2006
That brings back funny memories. :-)
As they get bigger that happens less.
PlecoPlace 1 year ago
@yelloke2006 yes mine stands on its fins you get used to it
FishMan414 1 year ago
This fish creeps me out. I got one in my tank and i dont have the guts to pick it up.
iezzzwan 1 year ago 4
@iezzzwan Its perfectly safe. The best way to move these fish from one tank to another is by hand.
xGHOSTXRECONx 1 year ago
if you put like some guppies or tetras in there it would look awsome
DEMERTRICE 1 year ago
@DEMERTRICE hahah the tetras would look like ants next to it but it would look cool i rekon
BIGPOND400 1 year ago
Wow I think you could have gotten a lot more than 20 dollars for it.
08wallic 1 year ago
@1992pattrow
Cry me a river . . . :-)
PlecoPlace 1 year ago
how big of a tank would i need if i were to get one? i dnt know anything about big tanks nor about how and when to clean them :) please tell me
tsukiomilover 1 year ago
SHARK!!! lol awwwww what a lovely plecco!!! :) glad to hear he is in a nicer place :) and i didnt know that about 'the cleaner the water the bigger they grow' hmmm interesting =) Ive turned my filter off because theres little baby fish and i didnt want them getting sucked into the filter, suppose i better get a filter suited to both the plecco and the babies eh? :P
shaneybaby1990 1 year ago
we have a pleco and she is 16 inches we have a 200 gallon tank and she is only 3 years old we also have and angel fish that is very big and we have three filters in the tank will our pleco keep growing until she outgrows the tank?
Singaholic93 1 year ago
@Singaholic93
I would think so.
PlecoPlace 1 year ago
yuor Pelecos is very beautiful :)
candy18869 1 year ago
its so sweet. but the tank is almost empty. maybe you should take plants in it, if he lifes still ;)
gamingparadise2010 1 year ago
he's gorgeous!! i love plecs! (can't have one coz we have a coldwater tank :( (but my goldies are gorgeous too, just had to say that in case they get jealous! )
calleymacleod 1 year ago
thats a sweet pleco!!!!! I hope I can raise mine to be that big what did you feed it?
smitty5006 1 year ago
wont steamed brocolli dirty the water?
yomexicosfinest93 1 year ago
@yomexicosfinest93 . . . no
PlecoPlace 1 year ago
dam
clovagZv 1 year ago
I did not know about the clean water thing. THANKS! Always thought it was tank size that dictated the growth. My Pleco is about 14 inches and he is 25 years old. He is in a 30 gallon now and I'm getting ready a 75 gallon. Going to have lots more wood and hiding spots for him.
woodrage1 1 year ago
I am so glad you posted this video with information. I Lol'd at the Maximus Plecostomus in the beginning!
People need to realize that "common plecos" grow very big, and need a variety of fresh veggies to help them grow. Many also think plecos grow to the size of the tank, but that's because of what you stated above, their growth hormone shuts down, not good for the fish!
If people have small tanks, purchase fancy plecos that stay to about 5 inches! Glad he's enjoying his new home!
kawaii2525 1 year ago
steamed broccoli and what else they can have for dinner?
exefile 1 year ago
Their mouths totally freak me out!
GhibliGirl89 1 year ago
holy hell hes a monster
naitsirhc3002012 1 year ago
i bet your tank was spotless lol
KGArtist 1 year ago
lol he is huge mine is just a little guy probibly an inch or so and my brother has one that is about 6 inches amazeing the they get so big
wardog956 1 year ago
cool fish my sis had one in a 10 gallon tank cause she didn't realize the got so big but it ate everything that wound up on the bottom including fish. once it got to about 2 inch though she gave it back to the pet store
masterarbycheaf 1 year ago
Being a bottem feeder, I wonder if they taste like flounder,
xraycat30 1 year ago
i usually dont consider plecos as "fish"...they just keep the tank clean ......but THIS! is indescribable lol...
KGArtist 1 year ago
Ugh! I have one of these! Or at least had. I had to give it away because it got so big! It would have gotten bigger if I had a bigger tank! I finally gave it away! Mine got maybe aboyt 10 inches. It was huge!
SuperMac18ROX33 1 year ago
dang that is big!
styles895 1 year ago
wow he was adorable! i wish i could have bought him!
drakeo1904 1 year ago
you're right the tank size did not limit the growth of your pleco but did the tank size make the pleco find it hard to swim around.
Siukaay 1 year ago
@Siukaay Probably. :-)
PlecoPlace 1 year ago
@PlecoPlace Could you please explain why you sold it?
crazyweirdomimicers 1 year ago
@crazyweirdomimicers
I've had fish tanks for 18 years and I wanted a break. :-)
PlecoPlace 1 year ago
@PlecoPlace My gosh <(O.O)> That looks priceless, time after time i come back to watch this video and in my thoughts "Wtf he sold it for $20, i would've bought it for a $100+" now everyday i stare my little plecos compared to this GIANT ZAMBOZO you used to have LOL
crazyweirdomimicers 1 year ago