Bought this as a common Ancistrus juvenile, but..

ouscazz · Post by **ouscazz** » 29 Sep 2009, 21:11

... it turned out to look like something else...

Hi all!

Can anyone identify this catfish please? Photo is the best I can do as we rarely see the fish.
Thanks alot.

zenyfish · Post by **zenyfish** » 29 Sep 2009, 22:11

Hard to see ... look anything like this?

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andywoolloo · Post by **andywoolloo** » 29 Sep 2009, 22:16

yes, I agree

looks like a baby common pleco of some sort, cause my pardalis had those colour fins when he was wee.

racoll · Post by **racoll** » 29 Sep 2009, 23:19

Definitely a , but not exactly sure sure which one from that photo.

Either way, its going to grow huge....

sunfish · Post by **sunfish** » 30 Sep 2009, 08:25

This is a probably a common pleco, but not an ancistrus. It is a Pterygoplichthys. You might wanna return it, as it will grow fast and reach way over a foot in length.

ouscazz · Post by **ouscazz** » 30 Sep 2009, 10:49

Thanks all.

That's exactly what I suspected.. some kind of Pterygoplichthys.
My wife bought this pleco at the local pet store a couple of months ago. Seller claimed it was an ancistrus juvenile. In the end it clearly showed up to be a pleco fry.. and I don't want to have any foot long monsters in my tanks. so... yes, I will definitly return it.

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 30 Sep 2009, 13:25

I think it's , in which case foot-long monster is an understatement.

ouscazz · Post by **ouscazz** » 30 Sep 2009, 20:59

Chrysichthys wrote:I think it's
Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps
, in which case foot-long monster is an understatement.

No, it's not a Gibbi for sure. This one is striped, Gibbi is spotted.

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