Largest growing plecos?

[iHonesty]

What are some species of plecos that are known to grow over a foot long? I want some variety =)

 

[Warborg]

There's been several threads going around on large plecos

Acanthicus adonis, Pterygoplichthys sp (all), Panaques(some), Hypostomus (there are a few... mainly wild), Isorineloricaria spinosissima, Megalancistrus(all)...I'm sure there are more.

 

[cmsbthebest]

L-001 Gold Spot
Gold Nugget (yes they do)
Chocolate pleco
L-25 scarlet pleco
L-27 royal pleco
L-114 cactus pleco
L-191 royal pleco
L-330 watermelon pleco

just some of many
oh and almost all commons reach a foot in length

 

[in2cichlids]

Also L095, L036, L014, L048, L024 L155 and L234. That is all I am gonna list

 

[lorax84]

If you can find a Megalancistrus parananus they get to be about 20"

 

[matubula]

There are hundreds. These lists probably have some crossovers but will give you an idea. All the sizes here are standard length (SL) so don't include the tail, so for total length (TL) add about a third of SL.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/search_result.php?family_id=4&genus_id=0&distr_id=0

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/search_result.php?family_id=4&genus_id=0&distr_id=0

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/search_result.php?family_id=4&genus_id=0&distr_id=0

 

[reddragon343]

Acanticus Adonis and Hystrix rank among the top.

 

[iHonesty]

goodness. I wonder how hard the adonis is to come by... 3 feet of lean mean algae eating machine. Basically I'm doing a project to see if I can top the most well known max sizes for Loricariidae, however I've only done research for the ones I am currently taking care of. thanks for the ideas all!

 

[reddragon343]

Adonis are really really good at eating algae....I have mine in the pond, which used to have the walls completely covered in black brush algae and others....But now...its just been stripped of algae....I'm finding rocks and pots that I though disspeared , all thanks to my big guy.

 

[HungDang]

I used to have a common pleco that about 20'' and a Megalancistrus parananus(I think) that grow from 2'' to 14'' in a years!