chocolate pleco

[wild bill]

Anybody out there use these things as algae eaters we have 4 or 5 and they are the best thing going had a 160 turning green and within 2 days tank is almost spot less you gotta try them and I don't think they get real big.

 

[Racersk]

They will get big....

I have a 8.5" chocolate right now and it buts heads with my 12.5" common. This fish is maybe 2 years old if it's a year and a half...Deal with this fish as you would a common.

 

[Allan01230]

Yes they will get 18 inches and eat less algae as they mature.

 

[Racersk]

Oh, I forgot to mention that part... none of my big pleco's eat algae anymore, mostly wafers and zucchini...

 

[Warborg]

Anybody out there use these things as algae eaters we have 4 or 5 and they are the best thing going had a 160 turning green and within 2 days tank is almost spot less you gotta try them and I don't think they get real big.

Don't confuse the Albino chocolate with the Rhino which is sometimes also called a chocolate. Here's a link for the Rhino. However I've had both up to 13-14 inches before(I'm sure that wasn't max).

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=80

 

[wild bill]

You maybe right the ones we have are also called the rhino do they also quit eating algae as they get older because our biggest is still a great algae eater and he is around 8 to 10 inches.