Dwarf Pleco Guide

[chochiss]

I'm looking for a species guide (online website) about this wonderful dwarf species. Wanna research more before buying them up with planning. Guys.......experienced masters.......kindly help me out here.

Thanks

[Birger]

Which species do you mean...there are many that could be considered as a Dwarf Pleco.
Do you mean a particular species or a general guide for small species?

A very good guide is the knowledgeable people on this site.

[bslindgren]

I've seen

Nannoptopoma sp`peru`

listed as dwarf pleco in some places. Is that what you mean?

[MatsP]

If you want a list of which species grow to a certain size, you can use the Cat-eLog search feature: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/search.php.

Enter family of Loricariidae, and then the size-range you'd like to see. Note that some have "unknown size", which is indicated with a zero length, so if you set the minimum length to 1mm (or 0.5"), you will not get "Unknown size" species.

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Mats

[chochiss]

Just a series guide for the dwarf variant. Plecos can grow pretty big. I would like to know more about those plecos which will only grow to prolly up to 3 inches...Thanks guys for your suggestions.

Birger - That's the reason I posted here. Ppl guide is faster.

bslindgren - Not a particular species but all the dwarf variant available.

Matsp - Thanks fot the tip. Will try it out.

[Birger]

I have to suggest

Ancistrus claro

a favorite of mine now, and definitely can be considered a dwarf species

[MatsP]

I really recommend using the Cat-eLog. There are also some interesting articles in the Catfish of the Month (CotM) and Shane's world - linked from the respective species where relevant, but it may be easier to look at the CotM and Shane's world to find them if it's not a particular species you are interested in.

Since there are probably around a dozen genus that matches your criteria, it's quite a task to describe all the small species of Pleco in one article.

However, I like the idea of having a quick summary of the ones that don't grow too large, and perhaps a few recommendations.

By the way, I'm not sure I like the term "dwarf", as that implies species that should grow large, but doesn't, rather than species that naturally don't grow large - I mean human dwarfs are still humans (and may even give birth to full size children even if both parents are dwarfs).

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Mats