There is one way that the commons can & have ended up in our waters. Unrespectful owners who release them into streams & bayous when they are tiered of caring for their ponds & also flooding (which we have had much of just 4-6 years ago, T.S. Allison, etc...) which could be how they come...

Kathy,

We do grow them bigger here in Texas. The photo of the L. pardalis from Calaveras Lake does look to be bigger than my Goliath here in Houston. I have also seen one about 18-20 inches just last night but was unable to get a photo before he swam away. No doubt, seeing is believing.

Thanks Silurus, I have noticed that the larger ones are all dark coloration. The lighter colored Liposarcus ambrosettii all seem to be about 30% smaller than the darker colored plecostomus. Both have been observed feeding together with juvinile Liposarcus pardalis. Is the feeding during bright dayli...

Pics should work now, sorry. If they don't, just go to my album.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/albu ... er_id=6255

I thought maybe this deserved a seperate post. I have been observing several Plecotomus in a small tributary of White Oak Bayou in Cypress, TX (NW Houston area). I have captured & released a few only to get photo images of them. I have observed them feeding in schools (adults & juvinile) on ...

I observed this pleco at dusk clearing his hole out. http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=660 They definitly dig their own holes near the bank preferably along a gentle slope. The holes I have observed did not exist 2 weeks ago. They are usually within about a half foot of the wa...

I was able to net one of about 8 adult Plecos that were scavanging on some rocks on the bank of a local bayou here in northwest Houston. I have a pond that has become the new home to this big guy. There are several nesting holes along the bank in a very confined space (a depressed area of the bayou ...