L264, Sultan Pleco

[Nimitz]

Hello.

I want to ask what everybodys personal experience is with this catfish. How they are against other fish, agressive or they dont care, how big they really get (cos i heard they grow bigger than the 15cm they say here), they leave the plants alone, do i see them alot with big cichlids (Acarichthys Heckelii), etc etc etc

I hope you can tell me.

Here a picture of one my Heckelii's (they are an 13cm or something)


Thnx alot.
Gr. Ronald

[alleykat]

Hi Nimitz,

you appear to have posted in the wrong forum. You should repost in 'plecos et al'. As far as your question, I do not have info on these fish, I read your question out of similar interest;-)

cheers

[Nimitz]

Lol i see now. It made a topic in the right one

thnc for telling

[balken89]

my friend got one L264 and that fish is shy. but i cant say if they all are or if its just his one:P

nice fish btw:)

[2wheelsx2]

I'm sure they may get bigger in the wild, but the biggest mine ever got were about 15 -16 cm, but it died after 2 years so I'm not sure if it was full grown or not. I currently have some juvies growing out in 2 different tanks so I'll know in a couple of years.

They are fairly shy, but good eaters. I've never seen any aggression except towards others of the same species or very similarly coloured sized and coloured plecos.

[Nimitz]

@balken89 thnx for your answer. My experience is that not all the fish are the same

@2wheelsx2 thnx for your answer. So maybe they grow bigger? A forummer on our forum also has eggs from the L264. I want to buy from this guy a group of 5 L264's, or isnt that a good idea?

[2wheelsx2]

@2wheelsx2 thnx for your answer. So maybe they grow bigger? A forummer on our forum also has eggs from the L264. I want to buy from this guy a group of 5 L264's, or isnt that a good idea?

They certainly could, but I can't imagine much bigger than 7" at all. I've got a group of 5 in a 20 gallon growing out now. But they are 3 cm.

[Nimitz]

Ah thats nice. Do you have some pictures of them?

I posted my tank Here

[smitty]

An awesome pleco that can be a little aggressive. Mine were also very good eaters. I also had them with very large cichlids with no problems.

[2wheelsx2]

Ah thats nice. Do you have some pictures of them?

Sure, here's a couple.

[Nimitz]

@Smitty Thanks for your answer. Ok so a group of 5 shouldnt be an problem?

@2wheelsx2 Very nice Beautifull fish, how much you have in 1 aquarium?

[2wheelsx2]

@2wheelsx2 Very nice Beautifull fish, how much you have in 1 aquarium?

I have 5 in a 20 gallon right now...growing out a bit before they get thrown in with the rest of the plecos in the 125 gallon.

[Nimitz]

My tank is 184 gallon. So you think its enough for a group of 5?

[2wheelsx2]

My tank is 184 gallon. So you think its enough for a group of 5?

I think you can have 20 in that sized tank.

[Nimitz]

XD haha that would be amazing Nah i want 5 of the L264's and i want to expand the Hemiancistrus Subviridis L200 to also a group of 5.

[franco68]

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =5&t=36288

[Nimitz]

Very beautifull Franco.

How big are they?

[franco68]

Very beautifull Franco.

How big are they?

16cm, 15cm, 14cm, the biggest is the boss of the tank. L 264 is very aggressive with L 240 ( probably because L 240 is only 16 cm )dimension of my tank is 150 x 70 x 50

[Nimitz]

Very nice fish