someone help me ID this pleco
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he hasnt grown much at all since i got him in february or january this year. he also is much more nocturnal than my other pleco. he almost NEVER comes out in the day and i barely ever see him. my other pleco comes out occaisionally throughout the day. i think its a different type of pleco. he just looks and acts so differently than my other pleco
There are more than 120 types of plecos that make up what is sold as a "common pleco." So, there are lots of variations in patterns and colors.
There really aren't a lot of plecos that stay under 5" that are commonly available. I would assume he/she will get to the usual 12".
If you really want to go searching, go to www.planetcatfish.com, go to the cat-e-log and look through the thousands of pictures of plecos they have
There really aren't a lot of plecos that stay under 5" that are commonly available. I would assume he/she will get to the usual 12".
If you really want to go searching, go to www.planetcatfish.com, go to the cat-e-log and look through the thousands of pictures of plecos they have
heh, i dont like looking the pics on www.planetcatfish.com ... theres just too many pics to look through.
kyle- he has spots...they always look pretty much the same. i wasnt talkin about color when i said his pattern is different than my other pleco. his whole design is much different. its really hard to explain
kyle- he has spots...they always look pretty much the same. i wasnt talkin about color when i said his pattern is different than my other pleco. his whole design is much different. its really hard to explain
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before this thread gets too heaated,the two of you may have to accept the fact that,like lotus said,there are about 120 different fish that make up "common plecos"
localy the common is a fish similar to the snowking pleco
yours may be another one of the sailfin variants.
so untill ya break down and search planetcatfish,
you will never know.
localy the common is a fish similar to the snowking pleco
yours may be another one of the sailfin variants.
so untill ya break down and search planetcatfish,
you will never know.
Hard to tell from that pic - need to see the guy with all his fins fluffed up and displaying. It "could" be a sailfin, but that would mean his fin is not only high, but also very long. "high fin" describes a shorter but verticle top fin.
i'm not going to even try to ID the guy from that pic - you'll have to search the hard way - but looking at that pattern, I doubt he's going to grow up to be less than a foot long, but it could take him another year to get there, so don't panic just yet.
Correct ID is important in the long term to make sure he's getting the right diet, so keep at it until you know for sure. If you get any better pics, run them up.
i'm not going to even try to ID the guy from that pic - you'll have to search the hard way - but looking at that pattern, I doubt he's going to grow up to be less than a foot long, but it could take him another year to get there, so don't panic just yet.
Correct ID is important in the long term to make sure he's getting the right diet, so keep at it until you know for sure. If you get any better pics, run them up.