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?!
