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PurestDJ Hobbyist Posts: 64 Kudos: 21 Registered: 12-Feb-2006	I've reccently inherited a Pleco from a friend who shut her tank down after not cleaning it for a year (and the previous owner of the pleco was just as bad)...but I don't know what type it is, I thought it was a Common Pleco but as it's about 5-6 years old and only 20-25cm I wonder if it's a smaller breed? http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4735 Let me know what you think?
Posted 19-Jan-2008 00:58
steven1982 Hobbyist Posts: 104 Kudos: 74 Votes: 38 Registered: 13-Jan-2008	Looks like a common pleco to me. Was he in a small tank? This may be why he is a little smaller.
Posted 19-Jan-2008 01:46
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	Yup, that's a common. It could indeed be stunted. It could also not be done growing just yet; 5-6 years might be old for a tetra, but it for a fish that can live at least 20 years it might continue to grow a bit. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 19-Jan-2008 06:23
PurestDJ Hobbyist Posts: 64 Kudos: 21 Registered: 12-Feb-2006	Thanks all for your help with this, having looked at some picks I definitely agree Pterygoplichthys pardalis is the species, a nice black one which I hadn't seen many pictures of before. If he gets any bigger I'll have to find someone with a bigger tank or take him back to the shop, which would be a shame James
Posted 22-Jan-2008 22:31


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