Pleco Nation

Pure

Elite Fish
Nov 1, 2005
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Jacksonville, FL
#1
Ok pleco nuts, Lets all see those plecs. Post pics of your favorite pleco here. I'll start.
1 of my 3 L030, please ignore the water spots. They seem to be a trademark of mine. :D


The watermelon royal
 

kagal

Large Fish
Oct 22, 2002
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SW PA
#2
wish i could get some pics of mine. my males are always holed up where i can just see a tail or whatnot. those are nice.....u still have any of the LDA-08. could you post a pick of them. i am gonna start looking for some small plecs to try and breed over the summer. and those are one of the ones i would like to get a chance to breed.

Kag
 

Pure

Elite Fish
Nov 1, 2005
3,216
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Jacksonville, FL
#3
Yes I do have them, but they are for my breeding program and still have some time before they do their thing. You can get them from a guy out of Chicago, where I got mine. PM me if you want and I'll get you his contact info.
 

hyunelan2

Large Fish
Jun 1, 2005
684
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45
Near Chicago, IL
#4
Well, mine are a joke compared to some of the rarities you guys have. Here is one of my 5 young dwarf bristlenose - it amazes me how well they camoflage themselves. I would swear they have chammillion-like abilities to change colors:


(pic taken 1/18/06)
 

hyunelan2

Large Fish
Jun 1, 2005
684
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45
Near Chicago, IL
#7
Here's another one I took this morning. I learned something too: My wife's Kodak Camera (older 3.1mp) sucks... I took about 30 pics of this with it and only 1 turned out. I got my Canon (even older 2.1mp) and almost every photo turned out perfect.

Another Dwarf BN on rocks.
 

Pure

Elite Fish
Nov 1, 2005
3,216
7
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Jacksonville, FL
#11
That Gibby is cute gup.

Sigh* No nothing that really shows her size lord. Most of the fish know better than to come near her when she is out (eating). She is a different species than the ones you showed a pick of too. Those are regular royals, mine is a watermelon. the biggest dif is the spots mine has vs lines.

She's not as big as the monsters you showed. i would guesstimate those to be 14+ inches. My girl is round 11 inches.


L260 back side.
 

Dec 12, 2005
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London, ON,Canada
#14
hey pure i was wondering if i can put a plec in that was in the family for years( he has since passed, but he was 2 feet long) i ll also get a pic of my plec that was bout 8 inches befor i took him to my aunts 105 gallon tank, and my lil 2 inch baby

*EDIT* ill try to get a pic of lips hanging off bruce(my id shark) he seems to do that alot
 

Orion

Ultimate Fish
Moderator
Feb 10, 2003
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Kentucky
www.thefishcave.net
#16
I don't have a pic of my fav, but it's got to be my clown pleco. I don't know why, but I've always loved that guy. Mabey it's because before him, I looked at the pleco's as mindless drones just living day to day. Then after he decided that 4 BN plecs and a young common were not going to share the same tank with him that I discovered how deep they can actualy be.

He's fully grown now at a whooping 3 inches. When we first got him I didn't think he was going to make it at a measly 1 inch. He sure proved me wrong on many different levels.
 

#17
My 1 eyed Acanthicus adonis, just after purchase.

He's a little bigger...and plumper now. :D

Pair of Ancistrus triradiatus.


L264 - Leporacanthicus joselimai.


L200 - Hemiancistrus subviridis I believe.

This guy's really doing well. Has a beautiful blue/green color to him now and is growing fast.

L205 - Peckoltia sp. Peru trying to eat me through the glass.

Getting 3 more next week! *BOUNCINGS

The Albino yummin on a wafer.


Gots to have one of the Gibby. *SUPERSMIL

You can see him here playing frysitter. He's a little frayed in the photo, it was a bumpy ride from L.A. to O.C.

You asked for it.

Wait...I totally forgot about the rubbernose...
 

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PlecoCollector

Superstar Fish
Aug 21, 2005
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Clinton, NY
#19
Beautiful plecs you have there! I'm loving numbers 3-5! Your L205 doesn't like cameras much, eh? (Or is he just posing?)
I'd lean more towards L128 than L200 on that one pic, since it looks more blackish blue than green, but that may be the light on the camera :)