Adonis Pleco,

[WOLF2013]

I am getting an adonis pleco tomorrow. I've always wanted one but had hard time tracking them.I finally found a decent 4-5'' one and scooped him up. I know they can be aggressive towards other plecos, but has anyone been successful in keeping them with other plecos? I want to keep him with my sailfin pleco, my common pleco, three beacon pleco, vampire, L200, and other plecos eventually. Also what should I feed the adonis?
Thanks

 

[Justin Holland]

They'll eat pretty much anything you throw in. The aggression usually starts at sexual maturity, from what I gather. I have 2 young juveniles. This is the largest one. The other is about an inch or so smaller.

 

[phreeflow]

They can’t do much at that size. Just have to watch them when they get bigger but that’ll take a very long time. If they fight, they’ll do so with plecos their size. They eat anything...omnivores

 

[Dom84]

My brother-in-law bought a pleco at a LFS the other day labeled as a "Mama pleco", which I never heard of before. According to some google searches and similarity with online photos, turns out it might be an "Adonis pleco", which supposedly get pretty big.

 

[Justin Holland]

My brother-in-law bought a pleco at a LFS the other day labeled as a "Mama pleco", which I never heard of before. According to some google searches and similarity with online photos, turns out it might be an "Adonis pleco", which supposedly get pretty big.

Any photos?

 

[Justin Holland]

this photo is from January

 

[Dom84]

The one he bought looks a lot smaller than the one in your photo... like the size of a finger. I'll try to get a photo the next time I'm over at his house.