So we agree that this is a royal of some sort

It is a very nice plec that this person has.

My bfs one is so slow at growing can't wait till it gets big.

I am yes until someone else has another opinion

Thank you Mat!!

I knew if I came here someone would know.

I now know what my bf's one will look like when it gets bigger.

Hi guys,

On another forum someone posted their pics of their royal. I did ask him what one this is but has no idea. I asked if it was ok to post here to find out what varity it is. I haven't seen one with these colours. Was told that (she) is 34cm. The pics make it look almost black and white but ...

Thanks for that MatsP.

Now know (kinda, lol) what my little fella is. Hope there is no more confussion about this fish

I don't think that really helps - it probably wasn't born together with the other albinos, and just got in there by accident (or was a remnant of another batch, for example).

Nice fish, either way.

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Mats

Just thought I'd juat say just in case it did.

Thanks I thought so too.

Would you be ...

Guys would it help if I told you that I brought this guy when he was juvie and he was in with a load of albino bn's and labelled as such at the lfs.

I brought 3 plecs from this tank but noticed as they started to grow up that this guy had black eyes and the other 2 had red eyes. Unfortunately I ...

Ok that explains a bit but if it's an unidentified specie, then why does it have the label of L144?

So what your saying is that it is a ancistrus of some kind but not a true L144 and not the other vairent that you mention.

Even though it looks like the picture of the L144??

I'm now confuzzled?!?!

I thought it might be the L144 but as I stated in my first post, they all look similar.

Thanks for that Silurus

Afternoon all,

Wondering if you guys and gals might be able to identify what one I have.

I have 3 possibilities in mind but not knowing much about how to tell differences apart I thought I'd come here.

This is what I have in mind;
Ancistrus cf_cirrhosus Super red vairent?
Ancistrus formoso ...

The best site for cichlid info is cichlid-forum. I'm an active member and always get the info I need on my cichlids. Just check it out.

Some very detailed shots there, that detailed when it came to the spider part, wasn't expecting that and nearly threw the laptop lol. I'm not the world's biggest fan of spider. Look forward to seeing more pics )hopefully not spiders

As long their from lake tanganyika not partically bothered. Can we get back to you on numbers, as we're setting up another tanganyikan tank and not sure on the number we would like at the moment. How much would you be looking at for them?

We would be happy to show you around the LFS's and provide ...

Thank you very much Richard.

I'm all the way down in the sunny side of Essex in Colchester. Thats why I don't want to pay £45 a pop. £15 is a bit more reasonable at 3 inches.

I'd be grateful for any of your cast off's but give us plenty of warning to get transport to nottingham, lol.

Thank you Mats, as always you know the answers. Much appreciated. Just have to wait for some to come along.

Would it be wise to wait till its a bit older, so the markings and what not show a bit more to the right ID?. I would like to have the same species but after the dealer said that the multipunctatus is selling at £45 a pop, I'm a bit hesitant to buy at that price.

So I could have a hybrid on my hands?
If thats the case, I can't get anymore synos or can I?
The dealer said that he has petricola's, would (if I can) I be able to have these in with my other syno?

Right ok, phoned the dealer and he said that the syno was intensivley tank bred from singapore.

Now with him saying that what do guys now think?

S/he is about 6-8cm in length, so is still young.
I have a front shot if thats any help at all (not sure if it will).
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj149/orange200sx/P8200621.jpg

Gone through photos to count the pectoral-fin and can only count 7, which would mean with what Birger has said ...

Brought this chap to go in my lake tanganyika tank a few weeks ago and would like ot double check that this is what it was sold to me as. Unfortunately they only had one, this is the main reason to why I would like to double check so I can get some more of these guys.

http://i271.photobucket.com ...

That was a very interesting read.

The one we have is L190, I'll try to get some good pics of this beaut. I have a couple but not all too good so I'll put them up.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj149/orange200sx/P8200649.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj149/orange200sx/P8200648.jpg ...

Thats the one Mats. Ok, so we'll just have to keep feeding and regular water changes.

I only asked about price as we paid £30 just under and didn't really know what the price range for these species. As long as we didn't get ripped off for this chap or chapess.

Afternoon guys n gals,

My partner and I just recently aquired a Royal Plec and was wondering what their growth rate is as the species page doesn't say much about this. At the moment the size is close to 3 inches.

Also what is the usual asking price for these in the UK? I'm just being curious now ...

My thoughts on the Swine Flu outbreak has been taken by the media and has been taken to sound worse than it actually is.

I work in one of the swine flu centres and have seen people with it, it's not nice but it's going to happen.

Thats quite funny.

I work in one of the flu centre clinics here in the uk and its not mutated yet.

Thanks Richard

Well I'm not concerned about water changes, I do them regulary. I was more worried about the catfish itself. Its so greedy, lol. At least I now know it shouldn't be a problem unless s/he decides s/he doesn/t like it. Never seen a fish be regurgitate.

Hi guys,

I put a bit of potato in the tank last night (trying differnt veg for the plec) and s/he decided that it was their dinner and ate the whole piece, now has a slightly square tummy. The piece wasn't any bigger then an inch.

My question is, is s/he going to be ok?

Thanks in advance

Where's the proof that he was a pervert and I'll agree with you.

He was taken through court for with people claiming that he molestered them. Ok a documentry was made about this and yes as said before he was strange but a good entertainer.

so Bas Pel you provide me with proof of him being a ...

I agree with what Jools has done, having post with sexual nature is wrong for kids to see and maybe hard for parents to explain the meaning of the 'joke'.

The problem I'm seeing is people wanting to joke about someone dying, put it on the other foot, what if it was a family memeber of yours? Jokes ...