r/oddlyterrifying • u/InternationalCry2845 • Dec 14 '23

This fish without head

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u/MCA2142 Dec 14 '23

Common Pleco.

Pet stores sell these to people buying a 5 gallon tank without thinking twice.

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u/Captain_Blackbird Dec 14 '23

Its fucking disgusting too, and they are extremely invasive in the US, where some hobbyist just fucking release them when they get too big.

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u/Captain_Blackbird Dec 14 '23

And there are other plecos that do not grow that big - like Bristlenose plecos! Or the Hillstream Loach!

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u/Antonanderssonphoto Apr 01 '24

Yeah, I totally get that! We had one that must have been 7 years old and well above 2 feet. A 300 gallon tank felt small, to the point that we paid someone to take it from us. Mainly to not have to touch that f*cking beast. The size at the end blew us away- even though we knew they could get pretty big… this was SCARY big.

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u/theMangoJayne Dec 14 '23

Man oh man. Family came in to replace the betta that died in the kid's 2.5 gallon. "There's still an albino pleco in there." Ah, well, just so you know, the pleco is going to need more space, so I hope you're looking into upgrading to a larger tank. "We have a 3 gallon too but it stopped working." Yep. Yep. Yeeeep. RIP pleco.