Saw a 10" clown pleco at my LFS!

[jmccalip]

I thought they only get 3". I am positive it was a clown pleco, it even said it on the tank. The poor thing was all cramped up in the little 10 gallon box. Makes me worry about getting other "small" fish..

 

[smithrc]

clowns get to about 4-5" (bigger than 3")
but if it was 10" i really doubt it was actually clown plec.

 

[jmccalip]

Then what would he be?

That's what he looked like.

 

[Dwarfs]

That doesn't look like one to me, our clown pleco of 7 years is only 5 inches long

Here, i found a pic from a month ago

 

[ryan]

I certainly don't think it was a Clown Plec, as smithrc they only reach 5" at max, normally less. I'd say its most likely to be something like a Gibbiceps Plec?

 

[jmccalip]

Maybe if I can go back to that LFS, i'll get a picture. But, he did have those stripes on him, so I dunno.

 

[Paul_MTS]

wow another post from ryan.... thats a rare occurance!!

It could be a number of plecs. There's loads of plecs that could fit it's description but if you could get a pic that would be grand.