Age of plec

[Thunderstar]

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could help me with the age of my plec?
I got him/her in October 2019 and he/she was already roughly the same size as now. I’m attaching a good picture with fins on show

 

[connorlindeman]

Thats a hard question you ask

 

[Thunderstar]

I have another one that I’ve had since it was tiny and I’m pretty sure that the smaller one is roughly 3 years old. He’s a fair bit smaller though.

 

[Colin_T]

no way of telling how old an adult fish is unless you had it from a baby

 

[connorlindeman]

no way of telling how old an adult fish is unless you had it from a baby

What if you count its teeth? ;-)

 

[Thunderstar]

no way of telling how old an adult fish is unless you had it from a baby

Ah, ok. Thank you anyway. I thought that might be the case. I have Bristlenose plecs that we’re bred by my husband and will be 2 on November 5th. They are still tiny. I was told that Godzilla, the big plec, was a common plec but having done some reading I’m thinking he/she may be one of the bigger species. I think one is a leopard plec and the other is a king snowflake. You wouldn’t happen to know if my plec is either of those would you?
Thanks

 

[Rocky998]

I don't think there is a way to tell age unless you've had them since birth and I can't help you with what species it is... Sorry

Really stunning specimen though! You should try to enter him/her into one of our FOTM contests here!

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I have a couple of zebra plecos I know are 20+ years old. I keep the Hypancistrus from the Rio Xingu- zebra, L236, l173. They can live a long time. And they may still spawn at that age. I got some of them in the spring of 2006 and they ranged in age from about 3 to 5 years at that tinme.