Pleco pic's from Brazil Trip

Found my Pleco pic's i took on my Brazil trip on an external hard drive and thought id share a few..........






















this monster L25 was put back in the river after these photo's where taken.













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Enjoy

Kev

Cooler than a very cool thing... :thumbup:

some proper monsters there, stunning

wow wow wow. stunning thanks a lot for making my day cheers jk :thumbup:

Very cool pictures. How are the fish treated over there?

They must not be worth too much over there, as that man was holding it up by its jaw....

They don't get treated with the best respect, that's why they sometimes when they get shipped they can be a bit ropey. But for the most part they are in clean water and are shipped out as soon as possible to limit DOA's. But this was before the ban, now that they are worth a lot more than they used to be they will be looking after them much better. It's the same with the stingrays, before the ban they where quite cheap so they never really looked after them but after the ban was lifted an the initial prices were between $2500-$10'000 they really started to look after them.

Kev

Wow !! Stunning specimens, Thanks so much for sharing..

That eye in pic #3... looks like a serial killer. :thumbup:

Interesting that the big 25 was put back.

Is that some sort of self (job) preservation knowing it is in all likely hood a breeder?

They jus said it's full of eggs and would prolly die during shipping so we took a stroll down to the river and released it