Pleco identification

[fishkeeper90]

L30", w12", h18"*

if thats the biggest you got and it is a common then yes it be too small ...but as you say its only 4 and half inches you maybe able to keep it a bit longer to see if it grows any bigger as it could be a bnp that wont get any bigger tbh if it grows probably another 3 inch its a common ....we got a 4 ft tank that our common is in but we only going to be keeping it until it gets too big but its still small even though its about 8 inch max maybe atm

 

[fishkeeper90]

if thats the biggest you got and it is a common then yes it be too small ...but as you say its only 4 and half inches you maybe able to keep it a bit longer to see if it grows any bigger as it could be a bnp that wont get any bigger tbh if it grows probably another 3 inch its a common ....we got a 4 ft tank that our common is in but we only going to be keeping it until it gets too big but its still small even though its about 8 inch max maybe atm

actually its about 6 inch max ....does yours constantly poo and got long poo around the tank or is it just small bits here and there if you can see any

 

[fishkeeper90]

only asking as even though bnps are poo machines the common is even worse lol

 

[SadSoyBeans]

Im not really sure what its poop looke like. I think that it might have longer and thinner poop but it may also be my khulis who do that.

 

[King Fisher]

It's a common. I just returned mine to the lfs after 2 years. Worthless thing IMO. Would just eat the wafers I fed him and never cleaned the tank. If he didn't have his water he ate my plants.

 

[flitabout]

I feed mine (I have a female bristlenose) Zucchini, potatoes and cucumber. She has very tiny bristles. That looks like a common I would get rid of it sooner rather than later. I have no idea why LFS even sell those.

 

[SadSoyBeans]

My lfs constantly has full grown common plecos going in and out. So i guess im lucky that they do.

 

[King Fisher]

I feed mine (I have a female bristlenose) Zucchini, potatoes and cucumber. She has very tiny bristles. That looks like a common I would get rid of it sooner rather than later. I have no idea why LFS even sell those.

For people with ponds is about the only logical reason

 

[earhtmother]

Yup our *baby* sailfin pleco which we were told would get big but probably stay stunted in a smaller tank is now 15" & I swear still growing?It has moved tanks several times as it grew and is now in the 125g cichlid tank but not for long if it keeps growing & unfortunately I live in Northern Ontario, Canada so putting it in the pond is NOT an option unless I plan to use it as a euthanasia method