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Hi, the kind folk here have identified my pleco as a L240. I have had it for 9months and it has not changed in size, it is still only around 6" / 15cm. I understand they grow to around 24cm, does anyone know over what time.

Apparently they are very slow growers, someone else told me it took 5 years for theirs to reach 6 inches even.

Ive got one that's over a year old before I bought him, he is barely just getting into the 4 inch range

Lovely plecos, I adore mine. So enjoy! He will take some time to grow larger, unlike some of the more common larger plecos

Mine took 2 years to go from 4" to 6". Is in a 125 with other plecos and gets fed heavy. Like any of the large plecos, head room to grow and good food. Are you feeding after lights out?

My breeders have been about 6 inches for a while....i think this is about max size....maybe my biggest male is 7.

However, i think your fish is L-007, based on the black band on the trailing edge of the dorsal and caudal fins that 240 has and yours doesn't. Still gets to be the same size as i understand it.

Andrewjw wrote: ↑28 Dec 2020, 23:50 My breeders have been about 6 inches for a while....i think this is about max size....maybe my biggest male is 7.

However, i think your fish is L-007, based on the black band on the trailing edge of the dorsal and caudal fins that 240 has and yours doesn't. Still gets to be the same size as i understand it.

Really confused about L number as several people have deffo said its L240 but will look at L-007 thanks for the info

I agree it's not L240, for the reasons well described above. Worth also being clear about SL Vs TL in this discussion. 24cm TL seems about right, but not 24cm SL. I would say about 6-8 years to get to this size in ideal conditions based on L. heterodon I kept for 6 years and got to 6" SL.

Jools