I have one that was sold to me as L95. When I got home I realize it was not L95 and did some research and found out it is a L152 pinecone or pineapple pleco. Mines hides a bit more than I want him to. Does come out at night and when I feed. Swims mid level and kind of looks like a shark swimming ...

Thanks. Those where my guesses just wanted to make sure !

I agree with MatsP, African Rift Cichlids can be really nasty and they also live in different water parameters. The plecos will be fine with each other.

I have these two plecos in my tank that I'm not sure what they are. Please try to ID them for me. I had to take them out the water because I can't get a picture of them in the water because they hide to much.


Here is the first one-

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j264/KingNel609/image-4.jpg ...

I bought one just like that....as L095..... Now looking at some other photos I think they played us. They both look like L152

This was sold to me as L095 at my LFS. I noticed in other pics of L095 that they have orange colorations. This one doesn't have much coloration. ID please?

I recently bought what I believe to be Baryancistrus sp. L081 (was labeled as orange seam pleco at the LFS) and I just notice it has a sunken belly. I been feeding my tank all kind of food....algae wafers, spirulina pellets, shrimp sinkin pellets, flake food, cucumber and zuchini, carnivore pellets ...

Nice collection. What is holding the veggies?

My L200 is doing the same exact thing you L014 is doing. He didn't even come out when the light where on. I added an HOB filter and added some tetras to the tank and now is doing the exact thing ! What could it be ?

Sorry to post on an old thread. I had put a larger female common bristlenose and it was doing good but just pased away suddently for unknown reasons. Sinc them I have changed my tank setup and I no longer keep the African cichlids. I do think that someday I will setup another mbuna tank and will ...

I would love to get some of that JBL Novo Fect....but I can't seem to find any place that sells that here.

So far I had this group in my tank for a week and all they have touched in the veggie wafers and bloodworms. They haven't touched the carnivore pellets or shrimp pellets and they haven't ...

Thanks for replying guys.

Ok so I have a 120 gallon tank that I had setup and now I'm making it a pleco tank. So far this is my stock list:

L200 lemon spotted green pleco
L239 Blue panaque X2
L018 golden nugget pleco
L288 (or L015) Peckoltia

There is some wood in there and small and large round river stones and a pump for ...

I bought this guy at my local fish store when I was looking for a nice Pleco for my guppy tank. It was labeled as just "Peckoltia Pleco". If anyone can help me ID this guy with its right name I would really appreciate it ! ^:)^ :-Q


It's about 3 inches. Yellow and black and grey coloration ...

oh, also that it can take care of some of the algae in the tank !

Hey guys. I want to get a Pleco that can grow big but one that look nice and beautiful to put in a 120G tank with my aggressive SA cichlids. Just need you guys to give me examples. Thanks !

I just want to know it it would be ok to keep Ancistrus Dolichopterus L183 with Dekeyseria Brachyur? My local fish store has one Dekeyseria Brachyura and looks like it need a nice home. Also it looks like they need the same or close the same water parameters.

Can they be kept together with no ...

Well my girlfriend decided she would bring me for my birthday a little fish she saw in our LFS. It looks like a Syno catfish. its about 1.5 inches. I really dont know what kind it is and would like to know. please let me know what kind it is !

I love Mopani wood...I have some in my pleco tank.

Thanks for all info !!! Yes it is a african rift lake setup with malawai Mbuna cichlids. I do have some driftwood in the tank and does not have an effect on the ph because of the crushed coral substrate. I really don't need nothing fancy, even though one would be nice. Also I want something that ...

Thanks for the info !

Is there plecos that would do great with high ph ? I want one for my african cichlid tank to take care of the algae. Any suggestions ?

what should be the best parameters ? and whats the best food to feed them ?

I have a 5 inch synodontis eupterus in with my african cichlids and 2 smaller synodontis multipundtatus in my 55 gallon tank that is soon going to be a all synodontis petricola tank. I have read in other web sites that the eupterus are peaceful and in other web sites that they can be territorial ...

do you keep them in black water ? I'm going to get a pair this week and would like to know how best to keep them.

In getting a pair of Ancistrus Dolichopterus L183 this week and will like to know if they are easy or hard to keep. Do they really need black water to do best and reproduce and if so, what is the best way to get black water parameters. And what size tank is best for a pair ?

What are the differences between the two ??? I will be buying 6 petricolas this week and would like to know if they are really petricola or lucipinnis.