Hi.

Most brown Ancistrus are the common one ( Ancistrus cf_cirrhosus ). However, wild caught specimens of other species do turn up.

Knowing how much it cost, what it was labelled as, and what size it was when purchased also helps.

So, it the absence of any other information, its most ...

Hey all,

My name is Ilja and i'm from Amsterdam, Netherlands.
I've been keeping fish for just over 5 years now and only just last year switched to a 700 Liter(u do the mats) Amazon Discus aquarium with 9 Discus fish and currently 4 different Pleco's .
I've been browsing PC for a few years now but ...

Catching for better pictures would not be a option as my fishtank is made ready to participate for the Dutch Aquarium Championships and don't want to pull out all my plants just before the testing next week :-).
Gook luck for that and let us know how you get on - sounds like you should post some ...

Thanks for the info so far.. I already guessed it's a Ancistrus but due to the size of the group my head went dizzy looking at all the pictures :an:

I'll see if he pops his head around the corner tonight and maybe i can get a better picture with the Dorsal fins etc in frame.
Catching for better ...

From the way he gave his reply i notice he is very confidend on the name.. And i believe him

Thanks Racoll...

Would u also be able to indentify the L on my other post today ?

racoll wrote:

Panaque albomaculatus

, and a nice male too

How do u identify if it's Male or Female? And even recognize it's a Panaque ?
I pretty new in the world of Catfish....

Could u please help me identify the catfish on below photo.
I got this as a present from a friend and never found out it's name/number.

I bought this beautifull Catfish a 1.5 years ago from a Discus dealer here in the netherlands.
I did save the ticket which contained it's name/number at that time, but currently I am unable to find it.

Anyone who could ID my Catfish.
This is the best picture i have as it's very shy it's pretty hard ...