Do you think you can call your LFS and find out what river they come from

Here my LFS got a list of where each species are actually caught, maybe your lfs have the same...

That would be a great help...

In Norway i often find L-183, sold as L59....so getting the name of the river might help

Are we talking about

Thanks

I found a old pic of a catfish i had a couple of years ago. Never found out what is was, but it was sold as Peckolita vittata, but looks like a P. maccus accordning to others...
i remember it loved wood,...;)

What's your verdict? :)

Sorry about the poor quality of the photo...:)

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It came with a shipment fra Brazil, and most likely sold under a false L number...

205 is from Peru, is it not?

The question is regarding the 3 first pictures

The last one is indeed L205

What Peckoltia is this you think?

http://www.akvaforum.no/forum.cfm?forum ... =8276&sr=1

It's a beautiful species:)

Take a look at the first 5 pictures in this thread...
http://www.akvaforum.no/forum.cfm?forum ... =8275&sr=1

What is it?

Here is two pics, which is a little better i think.

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Here we see the white spots...i also noticed that he still is somewhat stressed, since he still got stress markings on his body..
He has the spots on his fins, but not on his body, maybe due to the stress...

I would also like to add that they got them in all sizes, and the ones that were small( 4 cm) had this white spots that L183 has.., but the big ones did not (maybe due to stress or something), but they are beginning so show though

Living in the hope, at least

Thanks Yann :D

In the post on GOC, Janne also thinks this is a Hypancistrus Sp 201.
Reason : The bodyshape is similar, and they are also exported often as L007 and L240 as the wholesale dealer view them as young edtion of galaxias.
I wonder if anyone could confirm this?

http://www.planetcatfish ...

I bought 3 L59's a while back. They ended up being L183. Your fish is very much different. L183 has a more rounded, paddle like tail.
Don

Ok, the fish i have got seems to have a mere touch of transport damage to the fins, so i have to fatten them up a bit, and to do a lot of water changes before ...

I agree with you that the pics above does not show any small white spots at all, I did not see that in the shop either.

The reason I donâ??t believe it is a L-088, is the fact that it was caught in Rio Negro, according to the list the importer got from his guys in Brazil, a list I have access to ...

Some more pics :lol:

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I got some replies yesterday regarding this Ancistrus, and made one phone call to find it's catching place -which was Rio Negro..

It was identified as the real Ancistrus dolichopterus and late last night i began to see the small white spots on its body...

One of my local LFS got a shipment of some WC catfishes, and this one was labelled as L59...

After i pointed out that this is not L59, one store changed the name to "L180??????"

All though at first glans it looked like L183...

It does not have any white spots on it's body as far as i can see ...

This one was for sale at my LFS, as Pseudacanthicus Sp...
After some studying i get a feeling this is a Hypancistrus species...
Anyone with some ideas...


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Evelientjeh wrote:And one last question.. are ancistrusses hard to breed or easy? Thank you!

The ones you have i would say is easy, just get them sex. mature first, then add a cave of some sort, and change water, a couple of degres colder...and wonders about to happend:)

I guess it was a Amelanistic male and not a melanistic male that were found, if FuglyDragon is correct or i am i wrong?



Is L144 a fish that is found anywhere in the wild ?

A single melanistic male was exported from Paraguay. He was then spawned with the normal color females in the same ...

I would have to agree with kkorotev on this one

The second fish you have is not L144, but Ancistrus albino

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/lo ... ru/5_f.php


L144 looks like this

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/lo ... /905_f.php

How sure are you that she really is a she?

This sounds weird....

What would happend if you breed two of this L144 which have this brown spot?

Will the fry turn back to its orginal color?

Any info you can give me is appreciated, then i have to update the article i have written in Norwegian about this Ancistrus with the correct info...

Sorry about the poor ...

L144 was found in Paraguay.They did exist in the wild, but you'll have to search high and low for WC nowadays.Have not seen a WC L144 for years now-All of the L144 in Norway is breed.
The yellow colour is natural, and not man made.
However some of the fry is born with brown spots
Maybe its orginal ...

I have written an article on Hypancistrus zebra, 41 pages and 43 pics..but it is in Norwegian..so english yet..maybe in time...

How about the eyes of hypancistrus?

All of my L46 have the same eye color, don't think they related, cos i bought zebras 3 times in a period of two years, from seperate ...

Nothing is obvious, my friend :? .I have been trying to find a similar presentation, but have not found one yet.
Maybe i am looking in the wrong place, i don't know :oops:

What would be cool to look at, is a a similar presentation.

I know that Shane's world gives great info om the habitat of ...

I was fascinated by the link http://clade.acnatsci.org/allcatfish/ and the Trans-Continental Expedition

I am sure i am not the only one.. 8)

Wonder if any of you out there know of any similar websites, presentations of rivers in Brazil or the surrounding countries.

Here in Norway we hear lot ...

Could the colour of the eyes tell us what kind this is?

Thanks Fish Soup :)
After the quaratine i will see to that they are given black water, it's going to be interresting to see if things develop as you said..would be great:)

At my LFS they said( if i am not mistaken) that L059 got the name Ancistrus leucostictus,but lost it for some reason...is ...

Kimbo88: which one are you referring to, the male or the female? :)

None of the Ancistrus have the little whitish mark on the tip of their tale, which the L-349 (LDA 45) have, it also have fewer spots and the spots are slightly bigger.

Anybody else who wants to have a crack at it solving this ...