Zebra pleco??

Greenbean951 · Post by **Greenbean951** » 16 Aug 2003, 02:35

Ok, how long do zebra plecos live on average? How big do they get? When do their colors start to fade?

Post by **Silurus** » 16 Aug 2003, 02:44

How big do they get?

A little over 3" (minus caudal fin).

S. Allen · Post by **S. Allen** » 16 Aug 2003, 06:48

as to age there was someone on another board that said they had a 9 year old specimen... or maybe that was here a long time ago, I don't remember, anyhow... so fairly old

Mine are at least 2 years old, and most likely 3 or 4 and other than the male getting a bit grey, they're all normal.

doctorzeb · Post by **doctorzeb** » 16 Aug 2003, 10:46

Hi there

length wise they all get to about the same size, as silurus said about 3", once mature, (about 2-3 years, the male gets slight more..."Butch" looking. The females stay quite sleek looking and the male gets a bit "rouged" looking.

I can't answer about the colors of the females, but as far as I know, when a male gets quite old, (The ones I have seen being around 4 -5 years), the colouration has less contrast, ie the white becomes a little more grey and the black fades slightly.

good luck

rob

http://www.qems.biz/zebra.htm

matpreec · Post by **matpreec** » 19 Aug 2003, 15:30

my zebra is now getting to about 6yrs old. and his colour hasnt seemed to dull at all.

Steen · Post by **Steen** » 23 Aug 2003, 08:25

Well, I have 6 zeb's and 4 of them is at least 5 years old and no colourchanges has occured. I sure hope that they will hang on for many more years...