I had one that was alive for 5yrs. in my tank and then just gave it too my mom when i moved and it's still alive and kicking two years later (making him 7). He is very active and seems to be very healthy. Before that I had one that live for 6 yrs. in the same tank. I just got a new tank and...
I recently started a new 29 gallon tank. I have had common plecos before in the same sized tank which have lived happy lives and gotten quite big. However, this time I bought a common pleco - and then I got a golden nugget pleco. The common pleco is about 3 inches and the other is about 2.5...