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What is/ who has the biggest pleco?

Posted: 16 Jan 2004, 10:23
by hanleong
very curious to know

1) what is the species which can grow to become the biggest of all?

2) what is that maximum size in the wild?

3) who has the biggest pleco in their tanks?

4) any pics to share some of the biggest plecos?

keen to learn

Thanks

Posted: 16 Jan 2004, 13:15
by Silurus
Don't know about biggest, but here's a really large Pseudacanthicus histrix.

Image

Posted: 16 Jan 2004, 13:41
by hanleong
that's what I would like to see!

blink my eyes 3 times .. WOW!!

Posted: 16 Jan 2004, 18:37
by Chrysichthys
Have a look at this one in the Cat-eLog, the thumbnail on the right.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/lo ... /217_f.php

Posted: 17 Jan 2004, 21:27
by brett_fishman
stureon: http://worldstar.com/~dlarson/ fraser river dwelling beasts up to 20 feet long!!!
dont think its a pleco, or eats algae but it has a sucker mouth!!!

Posted: 18 Jan 2004, 00:59
by Walter
Hi,
it´s not even a catfish ;) and it has no sucker mouth...

Posted: 19 Jan 2004, 06:32
by Meganfitz
You are right about it not being a catfish, but they do have a sucker mouth, and they are HUGE! My husband catches them in the Columbia River, so I've seen one up close... :wink:

Posted: 19 Jan 2004, 19:07
by magnum4
Image

This is not a "sucker mouth"

Posted: 27 Sep 2004, 13:54
by mokmu
THose aren't suckers. It is their mouth though. They do not attach themselves anywhere.