Plec ID please?

[Paul Fox]

Can anyone ID this please? hes about 4-5" long, I got him tonight having rescued some fish

[Silurus]

Ancistrus cf_cirrhosus

[Paul Fox]

Thankyou

Have this and several other fish I need to sell as I have rescued them from a friend, how much sould I ask for it? any idea?

[MatsP]

Depends on what the fish are. The easy option is to take them to your local fish-shop and see if you get anything for them. However, most shops don't pay for "common fish" unless they are feeling very generous. Selling privately is more work, but this sort of fish, you can probably get around £5.

How much your other fish may be worth is impossible to say without knowing what they are.

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Mats

[Paul Fox]

Ta mat, other fish are a 4-5" rts and two angels, heres a linky I posted on another forum http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/832/1002250t.jpg/

I wold rather give them to a good home than sell them, but have to say I do like the rts

[Richard B]

Once established & grown a bit Red tailed sharks do look spectacular, however in smaller tanks their territorial nature can turn them into bullies. Still a great looking fish though

[sidguppy]

I always have a soft spot for the Epalzeorhynchus, Garra and Labeo barbs.
their sleek shape, speed and character are all very interesting; some even do a decent job on the algae.

unfortunately most of them are quite a handful, as I recently found out when my subadult 5" Labeo cyclorhynchus* took it upon itself to kill 2 10" Arius within the space of less than 12 hours.....

Red Tail Sharks can and do chase fish around.
it's a good fish in with robust fishes, it can hold its' own with Green Terrors (Adinocara rivulata), Tilapia's, Kribs or Central American cichlids like Convicts and such.
it even thrives in Malawi tankis, although the waterparameters would be wrong.

keep an eye on your Angelfish. if the E bicolor gets nasty they don't stand a chance at all.

the Ancistrus is harmless and a much better algae eater as well; usually Bristlenoses and Angelfish completely ignore each other and that's a pre when it comes to tankmates
;)



*it's more well known as L variegatus. the Harlequin Shark (for once a common name I like); that scientific name however has turned out to be a synonym of L cyclorhynchus