[teqvet]

L14, L200, L027 "long nosed xingu"
Will post more pics later after they get adjusted to the tank:

 

[Aqguy]

Those are beautiful ! i find plecos to be a very interesting fish , hope you have the tank to grow them out for long term

 

[teqvet]

They're in a 125g currently. Will be upgraded to a 300g in about 2-3 years.

 

[rustbucket]

Very nice!! The top and middle are beauties, the third looks like he'll get big

 

[teqvet]

The top (L14) and the bottom (L27) will get to be around 14-16" at full size. They'll need that 300g down the road

 

[jmf3460]

teqvet, have you ever owned a gold spot sailfin pleco?? I have on in a 75 that I got under the impression that it was something else and now im wondering how big its going to get.

 

[AquaAurora]

L27 is beauitful!

teqvet, have you ever owned a gold spot sailfin pleco?? I have on in a 75 that I got under the impression that it was something else and now im wondering how big its going to get.

nearly 1 foot at full grown length
sources: http://www.plecoplanet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1623 and http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/modules/caresheets/caresheet.php?caresheetID=94

I have a Leopard Sailfin Pleco (Pterygoplichthys Gibbiceps) and he'll get to 18 inches x.x gotta start building his giant tank (he's 1/2 done growing already!)

 

[teqvet]

teqvet, have you ever owned a gold spot sailfin pleco?? I have on in a 75 that I got under the impression that it was something else and now im wondering how big its going to get.

I haven't but as AA said above, they get quite large.

 

[jmf3460]

dern, I really don't want him to get that large, maybe I will get lucky and he will turn out to be on the smaller side like 9" max.

 

[Jeffww]

I doubt it. They will vaguely grow as much as their space allows but that is at the detriment to the animal. Large plecos like this aren't really suitable for the average hobbyist imo. At catfishplanet, the other forum I frequent, we would suggest you house them in a space where they have two body lengths to turn in on the width of the tank and nearly 2m on the length of the tank.

Think of it this way:

Housing a pleco in a 2' wide tank is like housing a corydoras in an 2" wide tank. Does that sound very pleasant? Of course this analogy breaks down with small fish ie a 4" wide tank isn't sufficient for a corydoras but it more or less illustrates how uncomfortable an insufficiently wide tank would be.