ping -a is a reverse lookup so should be used for addresses to hostnames, so the switch isn't required.

The average TTL of a DNS record on the web is approx 24hrs which makes us about 6 days too late roughly.

But if you know the IP address of a machine that is somewhere on the internet, it will ...

plecoplanet is also another site set-up by a PF Mod as well as pleconation.com which is also by a Senior Mod of PF and is going online shortly...

Well if there are still people who can log in; if they go to a dos prompt and type "ping -a www.plecofanatics.com" it should resolve to an ip address ...

I am not sure how he is doing it but he IS getting in. He has updated one of my posts as I received notification by email. It seems odd that he googled it on another computer and got in.

The reasons he's getting in is due to one of two reasons, the ttl value associated with the dns record ...

MatsP covers it all pretty well.
Unfortunately the owner over the last few years has, for valid reasons, logged into PF less and less. Infact the last time he was online was back in February if memory serves me correctly. He was supposed to have allocated the relevant privelidges to keep the site up ...

Thank you Borbi,

I think you're probably spot on, although I will still get the required photos just for confirmation purposes.
Interesting to note that the pattern returned over time, I wonder why that is. Not that it matters much but I do hope my doesn't lol.

Thanks,

Duke

...My immediate guess is that this is a one-off, a specimen which colouration has not developed normally. It would be really cool if it was a new species though


I think your former guess is probably correct, but like you, I think it would be very cool if it was a new species...

A mouth ...

Thanks for your response and the quick forum transfer Mat.

Having never seen one like it before...I would of thought would of sparked some novelty interest compared to just Id'ing another bn...

Anyway, best guesstimates so far would have it down as a baryancistrus.

In light of the lack of replies (something that surprises me considering the fish in question and the number of views)...can this thread me moved to the more relevant ID section.

Thanks Barbie, and I've never seen anything like him either...hence why I had to buy him when i saw him. Fantastic looking fish.

@ DrGold,

Possibly a Hypancistrus, having talked with someone else they think they might have seen one before and the conlcusion then was it might have been an ...

Found this little fella hiding in the back of an lfs yesterday. They had him down as an L142 variant but if it is it's quite an extreme variant...any ideas?

I'm still trying to get a mouth shot but it may take some time as he wasn't doing well in the lfs. His stomach is slightly sunken even though ...

I take it you already have a good selection of wood in the tank, since this will make up a good proportion of it's diet?

As for making food look more enticing: garlic extract, made specifically for aquariums is generally used when dealing with a fish which are either finnicky or not eating at all ...

For all you know, another sp pl*co could've out compete the zebras for food and push the zebras to extinction. Just because the bam was on doesn't really mean the zebras will recoperate.

I'm sorry, but this kind of attitude really irritates me.

People will think up any excuse in order to shift ...

Dukerider,

Just a passing thought, what's the difference between a dye injected cory and a dye injected zebra pl*co? Or a disco glass fish or red parrot c*****d? Would you complain about the former as energetically? Of course you would, I think?

Hi Jools,

In short, nothing. I don't see any ...

Waldo wrote:God save us if we see painted, or geneticly mutated L46 from asia though in the near future though.

If that is turns out to be the case, then as usual I'll be boycotting any shop which stocks them...and letting them know why.