Confirmed l66?

[Perentie1]

Is this an l66, as i have been told, or has the store accidentally mislabeled it?
Also, whatever this species is, can you also sex it, interested in breeding

please excuse the algae, working on it

[Coldhands]

Not a very good pic. But based on it, its not an L066.

[Perentie1]

what kind of a pic do u need?
the top, side or bottom?

also, this fish is pretty young, so could that be a factor?

[plecfan1]

I have several plecos and the l66 is one of them I will get a pic and send it to you if I can pretty timid so a pic may be hard to do but it looks just like the pic you have. These are great to breed and demand is still pretty good.

[Perentie1]

thanks, so you confirmed that your pleco is l66? nice
i can also take some more photos to compare, what kind of pics should i take?

[Karsten S.]

Hi,

usually I don't write anything if the discussion is about ID'ing wormlined Hypancistrus.
The first replies says it's not L 66, the second one that it looks like one and you are happy to have the answer you wanted to have...

My personal opinion is that the pleco is too young to ID and the picture is not really good enough either.
There are certainly many people that are better in ID'ing Hypancistrus than me, perhaps even one of the tw guys that have already answered but I have strong doubts...

Or to cite an old Greek "I know that I don't know".

Cheers,

[Perentie1]

So what you're saying is that I should wait for a couple weeks for what species this is to get older?
That would make sense, around how old should it be to determine species and sex?

[Jools]

I would wait until it is at least 8cm SL.

Jools

[Perentie1]

SL?

[Jools]

SL?

Glossary...

Jools

[Perentie1]

Oh lol.
Thank you

[Jools]

Pleasure.

Jools

[Perentie1]

7 cm atm

[Perentie1]

To feed this fish I should feed it
Catfish pellets
Algae wafers
Shrimp pellets
Prawns occasionally

[Narwhal72]

Most Hypancistrus are omnivores or carnivores. The foods you listed are fine. I feed mine live blackworms and frozen bloodworms in addition to algae wafers and pellets.

Identifying wormlined Hypancistrus is quite difficult. But it is definitely easier when they are larger. A photo from the side and from above is generally required for even getting close to ID.

Andy

[Perentie1]

I have bloodworms, the problem is that my rainbows just destroy everything that touches the surface, and the bloodworms don't really sink for a while unless I tap them.
Should I just drop them in at lights off and hope that he/she finds it?