You guys are AWESOME!!!! Amazing how quick people here have good solid answers compared to EVERYWHERE else I posted! I was sure is was not a Juruense, as it was just too different to my other one. The only thing is, I have just looked at pics or Tigrinum and they all seem to have black and white ...

Went to buy a 2nd Juruense catfish today for another tank, and got a cool deal for ¥3000 ($30?). My other Juruense at the same size cost me nearly twice that! Anyhow, I chose the one that had different patterning to the others as thought it might grow to look different to my other one. Now I have it ...

Thanks for the reply.
I really have no real expertese here, but I do think it looks more like a camoflage or stress pattern. I really hope so.

Hello, Hope you guys may be able to help with my query. Got myself a little Sailfin today (about 4-5"). I am not too clued up when it comes to Plecos, and am a little worried about the condition of my little guy. His body has some white marks on that i am sure were not there when it was in the LFS ...

Thanks for all the replies people! Right now it is hard to get a better photo as the little fella is still a little nervey and is hiding in the folliage and bogwood in the tank. To answer some of the posts here, the body isn't quite as flat as it looks in that photo. There was a mention of white ...

Hello! New to the forums, just need an id on this fish. It was sold as a "Daruma Pleco" (I'm in Japan and we often have strange names for common fish) It is about 5cm right now. http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5448/dsc09176.jpg I would like to know the maximum size and any individual needs/habbits of ...