How do I determine what type of Pleco I have?

[Misstress Kyou 'n Friends]

I have had Sir Skueebles (pronounced Squee-bells) for a little while now, and it's driving me crazy that I can't find what type he is!! I look through the lists they have of plecos on here, but none of them looked much like him.. He was the only one they had in the big tanks that had almost dalmation looking spots all over him, well, he's brown with white spots, but you get the idea. Does anyone know if they could tell me about his type of point me to a bigger list so I know what I am looking for?

 

[bassbonediva]

Maybe a peppermint bristlenose?http://www.livefish.com.au/images/peppermint_bristlenose.jpg Have you checked planetcatfish.com? A pic would DEFINITELY be helpful for us to identify him.

 

[Misstress Kyou 'n Friends]

I would take a picture, but I have no batteries in my actual camera, and my phone is old and doesnt have a camera on it HAHA. >< I can try and upload a picture asap, I thought he was gorgeous.
My first one was just blah. He was brown and like 6 cm... though... I do want to know if it is bad for him to eat goldfish pebbles... (he was eating them for a few days)

 

[Misstress Kyou 'n Friends]

and btw the pic you had the link of is sort of like him, but the spots are more closed together... lol I'm trying to think of something to describe him a little better.

Think!! Think!! I should be able to describe him in detail but its kinda like 1 am and I have A.D.D. lol..

 

[bassbonediva]

Shouldn't be bad for him to eat goldfish pebbles (pellets). The common pleco I had scavenged the brine shrimp and flakes my female bettas didn't eat off the bottom of the tank when I had him (NEVER getting a common pleco AGAIN! Too much waste for the amount of clean-up they do). Just be sure you're supplementing him with algae wafers if you don't have any algae in your tank.

Check out planetcatfish.com. They have a great list and lots of pics.

 

[Misstress Kyou 'n Friends]

AGREED! If you can believe it, the pet stores here have TERRIBLE quality fish and fish care compared to our Wal-mart. It makes me a little sad haha. And it's similar, but Skuee's spots are closer together haha he's a weird one alright!

Well, why I'm worried about it is because he was still so small and I don't know if that's okay on their body's lol I worry too much..

 

[bassbonediva]

Some plecos don't get more than 3-4". Just depends on the species. I had a rubberlip pleco who was 2"...he would have maxed out at about 5" (sadly passed a few days ago...stupid Petsmart plecos).

Seriously...GO HERE: PlanetCatfish &bull; Cat-eLog &bull; Common Names and look through to see if you see anything like him.

 

[Misstress Kyou 'n Friends]

I'm actually doing so just now haha, yeah. I hear terrible things about Petsmart. Disappointing lol. I was super surprised when my neighbors got a bunch of mollies from walmart and they havent died.. well, a few of them were killed by their frog they got lol

 

[Misstress Kyou 'n Friends]

From what I found, I saw a pic of a Snowball Pleco, and thats almost what he looks like, I could be wrong though

 

[bassbonediva]

I kinda doubt that's what you have, just because of the price on that particular species (~$100 most places I saw). Unless you did pay $100 for him? What about this one? Starry Night Pleco (L-59)

 

[Misstress Kyou 'n Friends]

VICTORY! You are right!! He is a starry night pleco hehe

 

[Newman]

nice pleco
that one that wont grow too large for some of the smaller tanks!

 

[Doomhed]

and one of those in my area runs around $75...so congrats on that one!

apparently I can get bristlenosed plecos from the nearest petsmart for like $4.99 now, albinos for only $5.49. Yeah..I might actually bite the bullet and get fish there when i set up my tank.

 

[wananwu]

if you go to wikipedia and search "L-number" it will bring up a whole list of more plecos then i can imagine. click on the separate link and get its picture.

ps have you looked at the vampire pleco?

 

[Misstress Kyou 'n Friends]

I have not yet seen a vampire pleco o: is it sweet looking?!

Sad news, I have lost one of my new (39 cent) goldfish : ( lol, oh well! He was part of a trial and I shall miss him!!

Any who... I feel like a total loser for asking this but...: What's everyone's fave type of fish?? I just feel like askin' hehe

 

[Newman]

lol, a Vampire pleco looks almost identical to the starry night so you might have either of them.

I cannot narrow my favorite fish to just one. I like Swordtails, Bettas, and Goldfish the most!

 

[Misstress Kyou 'n Friends]

Hehe! I love goldfish!!! My Kyou is actually a goldfish I won with my terrifyingly horrible hand-eye cordination at a fair a little over two and a half years ago!! She's an absolute hoot and she's one of the smartest fish I've ever seen haha.

 

[bassbonediva]

My absolutely favorite fish are bettas. Probably the reason I have fourteen of them right now (eight males and six females)! Another big favorite are otocinclus catfish.

 

[Misstress Kyou 'n Friends]

I've had balla sharks before, well, when I was like... 5? My mom wanted to get me and my brother a present for some reason or another... and well... she didn't brush up on her Balla Shark 101 and they all took suicidal leaps of faith to the floor where my cat Sebastian enjoyed terrorizing them ><. That ended the balla shark reign lol

 

[Newman]

ouch, poor balas x_x