My partner and I just recently aquired a Royal Plec and was wondering what their growth rate is as the species page doesn't say much about this. At the moment the size is close to 3 inches.
Also what is the usual asking price for these in the UK? I'm just being curious now.
Any help would be greatly helpful. Thanks in advance
- they grow slowly in captivity (probably fairly slow in the wild too, but I suspect they have more available food and better water conditins in the wild and will grow slightly faster).
As to price, it's one of those things that vary greatly depending on the source and the shop. But I'd expect a 3" specimen to be in the £30 +/- £10 or so.
Thats the one Mats. Ok, so we'll just have to keep feeding and regular water changes.
I only asked about price as we paid £30 just under and didn't really know what the price range for these species. As long as we didn't get ripped off for this chap or chapess.
Mine isn't a true royal (L191- dull-eyed royal), which is more commonly available so probably cheaper, but was £12 or so at about 2" SL (I actually got it for about £8 store credit on fish I sold to the LFS). It's only grown about an inch in 10 months, despite feeding well- colleagues in my local Aquarist society have reported similar VERY slow growth rates, which I think are pretty slow in all the nigrolineatus complex.
