Grey toned, mottled stripes/spots, little plecy...

Cloudz · Post by **Cloudz** » 21 Aug 2005, 07:11

Hello Everybody!

Impulse purchase... which should never be done but I'm sure many of us are guilty of it.

(S)he was sold to me as a "Florida Pleco" with promises of never getting over 6 inches. I was quite doubting everything the nice boy was telling me, but bought it anyways. I can take more pictures if you need me too... the one of his/her belly is extremly accurate of his true colouring as the other two make him out to be more brown then grey.

It is currently 3 1/2 inches long, and quite friendly and tame. Thank you anybody who can help me ID him... I would like to hope it's not just a common pleco, but I'm not holding my breath.

He's not deformed... he was just wiggling

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 21 Aug 2005, 08:43

Looks like a common to me... But then, are catfish ever common??

Fish Demon · Post by **Fish Demon** » 21 Aug 2005, 09:11

Defintely a common pleco. They are bred in Florida by the thousands, hence the name you bought it under.

DeepFriedIctalurus · Post by **DeepFriedIctalurus** » 21 Aug 2005, 19:18

Fish Demon wrote:Defintely a common pleco. They are bred in Florida by the thousands, hence the name you bought it under.

Make that MILLIONS!

Though exact species ID can be about impossible w/ these farmed fish, it'll grow up to be something like or ...and FAR larger than the most ignorantly (or insidiously) quoted 6"!

Cloudz · Post by **Cloudz** » 21 Aug 2005, 22:18

Even now that you can see the grey/white... Is he still going to kill my tank in a couple months?

Fish Demon · Post by **Fish Demon** » 22 Aug 2005, 07:31

If by "kill" you mean "outgrow", then yes.

He is going to get on average about 16" long, though we have one at work that is literally pushing 18". A 120 gallon tank is the absolute minimum size I'd keep a common pleco in permanently.