L330 pleco (plus some of my thoughts on plecos)

This is my pleco Zeus. He's four years old roughly and he's in my American cichlid aquarium. I think he's a male; females are rounder and less slender than males.

L330 plecos are carnivorous fish so I feed him Hikari Massivore Delite each day (each pellet has as much protein as 1.8 goldfish) and a slice of carrot every now and then. The excess carrot skin is fed to my nightcrawlers.

My retailer told me that he's fully grown when they gave him to us. He hasn't grown noticeably since I got him over a year ago but he has gotten fatter. He was double bagged and the water from the bag had to be poured into the tank because he would stick to the net. When close up you can see his little spikes and plates across his body.

My opinion on plecos is that they are great fish for all hobbyists. Beginners can start with smaller species such as the bristlenose pleco or the gold nugget pleco. As they become more experienced with keeping plecos they can begin keeping larger ones like Zeus. I know someone who kept and raised a common pleco since his childhood. His pleco recently died at the grand age of 42!

Plecos are great fish and can be quite funny sometimes too. When they become comfortable with their environment they'll exhibit very interesting, fun behaviours and will become less nocturnal and shy.

 

This is my pleco Zeus. He's four years old roughly and he's in my American cichlid aquarium. I think he's a male; females are rounder and less slender than males.

L330 plecos are carnivorous fish so I feed him Hikari Massivore Delite each day (each pellet has as much protein as 1.8 goldfish) and a slice of carrot every now and then. The excess carrot skin is fed to my nightcrawlers.

My retailer told me that he's fully grown when they gave him to us. He hasn't grown noticeably since I got him over a year ago but he has gotten fatter. He was double bagged and the water from the bag had to be poured into the tank because he would stick to the net. When close up you can see his little spikes and plates across his body.

Wow amazing pleco! Plecos are great fish!

 

42 !!!!!!!!!!!! Well that throws the 10-15 year life span out of the window ! How big was the pleco !??

 

My uncle has kept fish for decades and has a couple 200g tanks and has some really cool plecos in there: red titanic, luteus, red tail sternella…a few of his have made it past 20 years. He’s gotten me hooked and I’m not sad he did they are so cute! Now if only I had more tanks

 

This is an old thread. I don’t know how big the 42 y/o pleco got.

The species I have lives for 10-15 years. Not uncommon for some others to live longer.

 

My uncle has kept fish for decades and has a couple 200g tanks and has some really cool plecos in there: red titanic, luteus, red tail sternella…a few of his have made it past 20 years. He’s gotten me hooked and I’m not sad he did they are so cute! Now if only I had more tanks

I’d love huge tanks but unfortunately my kids want bedrooms and boring stuff like that

This is an old thread. I don’t know how big the 42 y/o pleco got.

The species I have lives for 10-15 years. Not uncommon for some others to live longer.

A friend of mine had one for 14 years and I thought it was a rock until it moved ! It was huge ! I’d love to see a 42 yo one though !

 

This thread is very outdated, I just realised.