They are not the same kind of pleco, as the body shapes are different, the spots on the first one are much larger than the second one & the first one has much darker black body, as where the second sometimes has light patches like in the pic.

If I can get a pic of the top of them I will post it ...

I bought this little pleco a year ago as an L201 Hypancistrus sp
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m148/vicwheels/Fish/DSC03588.jpg

but looks like this one I have is accually an L201 Hypancistrus sp
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m148/vicwheels/Fish/DSC04012.jpg

The first one was bought ...

Wow, look what I started..lol. This is very informitive indeed & sometimes confusing. The L# used in the hobby for selling I believe is used for simplicity more than $ as it is easier to remember the L# of a pleco rather than the scientific name. You certanly can not go by the common name people ...

That looks like the one, thank you. No wonder I had a hard time finding it, the first picture looks like the pleco is almost red & is a juvie.

I have had this guy since he was very small & is now 10" long. The Marble Sailfin Pleco is L001 but what is the Leopard Sailfin Pleco's L#? I am having a hard time finding it.



Thank you.

Thank you, I am enjoying the pleco already, now I jsut have to find it a mate somewhere.

I just got this pleco yesterday. The owner of the petstore wasn't sure what it was, so I did research for a few weeks & think it is a L142 & after all the time I spent trying to find out what it was, they sold it to me after a lot of pursuading. When I got it home I still think it is a L142.

It is ...

They were in a 55g tank that I had just done a 50% water change as I knew they were coming. When I put them in the tank, one of the plecos didn't eat at all from the start. I put fresh zucinni in the tank every night for them, & I tried 3 different wafers, shrimp pellets, pleco pellets, fish flakes ...

I am wondering how senstive L177 are. 2 weeks ago I bought 3 & another member bought 2 from a local seller, they arrived in looked to be ok shape, but 5 days later I woke up to find 2 of mine dead & the other member lost both of his as well. Then yesterday morning I woke up to find my last one dead ...

In one of my tanks My female L205 is a real bully, weather it's feeding time or if another fish goes near her cave, she uses the large spikes to ward off other fish.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m148/vicwheels/Fish/DSC04002.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m148/vicwheels/Fish ...