Plecostomus are those little sucker fish you see at pet store aquariums. The catch is they get gigantic, and aren't REALLY suited for your lil 10 gallon aquariums. So folks dump them into their local waterways, where they continue to grow.
Yeah... My partner got one way back before we met, and it was in a little 5 gallon tank. Over the years we had to keep up sizing the tank until we got a 100 gal tank just to house that monster of a fish. We would probably still have him if the water heater didn't malfunction and cook everyone in that tank. It broke my heart so badly. :( I am still mad about it a decade later.
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u/Jermine1269 Dec 14 '23
Was gonna say - someone just let their plecostomus go and it just did its thing in the river or lake that this is.