yellow plec

[caroline]

Hello,
my name is Caroline, I'm in England, and I need some advice!
I joined your forum because you all seem to be a friendly lot.

I bought my first tank in March this year, and its proving to be a lot of fun but an immense timewaster (I'm supposed to be working but cant stop looking)!

My problem (1st of many I'm certain ) is that I was sold a 'plec' but I have no clue as to his/hers type. Neither does the proprietor! *thumbsups to him- surely he should know.....
The fish has an almost custard yellow appearance with greenish stripes along its body. Doesnt come out much - night time apparently - so am hoping he/she/it is feeding properly.

A tradesman said his friend who keeps just plecs has heard of one called a yellow prince but I have had not a jot of luck searching under that name. If anyone has the slightest clue for me I would be eternally grateful?

 

[phOOey]

welcome, yay for more british people here !

this is a good place to start looking for pleco id
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/scateg.cfm?pCatId=837
it has a number of plecs on there which match your description in some way or another.

failing that you could try www.planetcatfish.com

 

[radamsk1]

Truthfully there are hundreds of types of plecos, so much that they gave up naming them with names, but with an L number. Check out plecos.com and try to find it, hopefully you'll at least get an L number and maybe a common name.

 

[caroline]

Goodness, thankyou so very much for the website links, I will take a look.

An 'L' number? - well ok but it sounds like they have to pass a test! Poor dears, always a little pressure in life isn't there.....

C x

 

[Stevie]

How big is it??? It might be a Royle plec (sorry im a very bad speller,but I think that right) They grow to 10 inches,I think. But like radamsk1 says there is loads out there!!!

 

[phOOey]

lol stevie, its royal . The fish are given numbers instead of or aswell as common names. for example a gold nugget pleco is also known as L-18.

 

[Stevie]

lol stevie, its royal . L-18.

Thanks phOOey. *thumbsups I was trying to spell that for 5 mins,yhats the nearest I could get!!!!!! lol

 

[caroline]

Good morning!

Well I have been just about everywhere but havent found the name of my little plec yet.
The nearest in 'looks' is the gold banded, http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/...cfm?pCatId=1035
but mine is lots more of the yellow and more on the green side than brown, so I don't think it could be really.
So he/she has been christened Fishlips.

Happy days,

C x

 

[Cave]

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loricari/peckolti/213_f.php

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loricari/peckolti/764_f.php

Two possibilities? There can be a lot of shade/pattern variations between two plecos of the same kind.

 

[FroggyFox]

There can also be a lot of color changes between when they are young and when they get older...so who knows The good news is that MOST plecos enjoy about the same diet...so as long as you have some driftwood in the tank, maybe give him some cucumber or other fiberous veggies from time to time, drop in some algae tablets at night for him to find...he'll probably be ok. When you do see him you can keep an eye on his tummy section and notice if its sucked in or if its bulging out a little...bulging would be better than sucked in.