why dont plecos grow!

Vip · Jan 4, 2005

ive had my common pleco now for close to 2 years and its only 6" if that its only grown about an 1" is there somthing wrong or are they slow gowers?

sylvia · Jan 4, 2005

That's pretty much the normal rate of their growth, yes.

smithrc · Jan 4, 2005

hmmm - ours is now 18 months with us. he was 1" when we got him.... He's now about 9"s

How often do you feed him?

LoachLover · Jan 9, 2005

smithrc said:
hmmm - ours is now 18 months with us. he was 1" when we got him.... He's now about 9"s

How often do you feed him?

From my experiences, comman plecos grow pretty fast, is he getting enough nutrition?