Picture of my big sailfin pleco

Connie · Post by **Connie** » 02 Aug 2003, 23:42

Its hard to believe I was sold this guy when he was about 2 inches and was assured he would get no bigger then 4 inches and that he was a butterfly pleco.
Of course at the time I didnt know much about plecos as I do now.
He is a big sailfin, not as big as my other but he is getting there.
Connie

mokmu · Post by **mokmu** » 02 Aug 2003, 23:51

Connie,

Those are good pictures! How big is your gibby? YEs, they are sold here in my country as butterfly pl*cos as well. Can't seem to understand why. Perhaps the name is what the local collectors are calling them?

Regards,
Mike D.

T · Post by T » 02 Aug 2003, 23:57

Cool sailfin, some lfs call them clown pl*cos over here

aeroflight · Post by **aeroflight** » 03 Aug 2003, 03:12

How long have you had him? I too bought a butterfly pleco that's grown into a nice little monster. Fortunately I knew he was a gibby beforehand. I bought mine at about 1.5" inches back in February (I think). While I haven't measured him in quite a while, I'm guessing he's close to 6"-7" SL.

Connie · Post by **Connie** » 03 Aug 2003, 06:14

T- clown plecos grow to about 4 inches this is a gibby which grows to 14 inches I doubt anywhere would make such a mistake unless it is a bad petshop that is confused.
Connie

Connie · Post by **Connie** » 03 Aug 2003, 06:16

Also he is a good 8 -10 inches he will be moved to a bigger tank soon, I have tried to catch him a few times but I got splashed and he dove into the air like a whale.
Connie

Sid Guppy · Post by **Sid Guppy** » 03 Aug 2003, 12:00

This post is a perfect illustration why I'm hellbent on those crappy common names.
Every selfrespecting LFS should put the latin names on their tanks, with the common names next to those if necessary.

Most here do, but the crappy shops don't. obvious I don't buy there anymore anyway.

T · Post by T » 03 Aug 2003, 14:27

Connie wrote:T- clown pl*cos grow to about 4 inches this is a gibby which grows to 14 inches I doubt anywhere would make such a mistake unless it is a bad petshop that is confused.
Connie

Yeah I know I got 2 clowns in my planted tank and I have kept several sailfins.I have pointed it out to the offending fish shops but they dont seem to care

The other day I saw clowns going for much more than the normal price, reason being they had them labled as "Zebra Clown Pl*co's"

Stoooopid lfs