I got this pleco as a gift on my first day of kindergarten on august 20th, 2005. He has been through a lot, started out in a 10 gallon which had a heater malfunction and water reached temps of 140 degrees, then moved to a new house got him in a 29. He got really sick with ich/something related about 5 years ago, fins almost completely gone. We rehabilitated him into a 55(i know what youre thinking, too small) about 5 years ago and he has been doing great since. He has his driftwood hiding spot and is very active at night and gets fed daily and I make sure to do water changes every week and whatnot. His water ranges between 75-85, really depends on the weather outside tbh. I came home to my parents from my college house the other day after not seeing him for a couple months and he seems to be much much bigger in such a short time frame. Idk if I just havent noticed or if this happened suddenly, but is it normal for a pleco to grow at this age and so suddenly? I worked as an aquatic specialist at petco and I never learned anything about this either. All jokes but does anyone know if this is normal? He used to be around 11 or so inches, now from the naked eye looks to be around 13-14?!