Bas Pels wrote:How does it behave: Does it lay in (under) the sand, or sit on stones?

I don't use sand however it tends to slack (okay, sit lazily) on the gravel under driftwoods and even "perch" itself on a driftwood branch and small stones. It is quite a very active plec as well.

Looks like a Sturisoma species to me. Not a Rhinoloricaria species as I conceive them. Thanks for your views, Apistomaster.:mrgreen: I initially thought that way too but when I obtained a Sturisoma panamense , I was beginning to doubt it was Sturisoma especially when I saw more photos of ...

Too bad we don't see the whole fish. The front end of a (my) sturiosoma tail (not the fin, the biodypart behind the anal fin) is flattened, top-down, while it is much more rounded in Rhineloricaria. I think we can see part of this in the pic, and it seems to be flattened, not rounded It does seem ...

Hi all. Here are photos of my only two species.:mrgreen: I have only 7 pandas and 2 peppered corydoras.:) Corydoras panda http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/9758/community005vv9.jpg http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2518/community006wh6.jpg Corydoras paleatus foraging for food along the driftwood ...

Hi, Yes, this is a Rineloricaria (presence of predorsal keels and postorbital notches). Rineloricaria parva could match if your specimen was collected in the Paraguay-Parana-La Plata system. Nevertheless, this color pattern on the snout is very common, so, it is almost impossible to identify it at ...

Hi all members. I need your help identifying this pleco. After obtaining a Sturisoma panamense , I realized the first one I got did not appear to be a Sturisoma at all. He looks more like a Rineloricaria . I'm stumped at this point. I was leaning on Rineloricaria parva but I'm not really sure about ...