Newbie with no idea on what this is...

[AussieSam]

Hes a little stressed so colour may be a bit off. But wondering if anyone knows what this guy might be? Type and Sex?

Hes one of half a dozen L's I've got to try and Identify.. Any help would be awesome!

[Jobro]

Hello AussieSam,

looks like a healthy

Panaqolus sp(L397)

male to me.

[AussieSam]

Awesome! Thank you so much...

Being new here, am I best to just keep replying with each fish? Or start a new thread?

I've got a few more I need help with (I just got given a ton of L numbers and Im trying to ID so I can feed correctly and setup a nice little home to breed them (not that i've ever bred fish before)

[bekateen]

Hi AussieSam,

I think the fish in your photos could be L397, but it looks too yellow to be L397. What about

Panaqolus sp(l002)

as a possibility?

Cheers, Eric

[Jobro]

Eric might be on spot there. Guess I was off. The face pattern seems to fit better as well.

[AussieSam]

among the other crap i aquired with these fish was a piece of paper with these numbers on iy..

L202
L201
L080
L134
L144
L168

does that help?

[AussieSam]

Heres one of the other fish:
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[bekateen]

The closest fish on the list of L numbers you have is

Peckoltia sp(l080)

. I don't know how you tell if your fish is this or a Panaqolus. Maybe teeth?

Cheers, Eric

[Jobro]

Eric should be right there again. Looks like Peckoltia to me. Too bad they all look alike when young

This fish needs some tender love and care asap. He is in bad condition. Hope he can recover.

[AussieSam]

When I got them the tanks they were in were the worst ive seen.. Nearly completely Black. (attached a photo of the cleanest of the 5 tanks I found... they all maxxed out my test kit at 200ppm Nitrate.. so god knows what the actual amount was)

Found plenty of skeletons in the substrate. many dead fish.. So i've saved as many as I can. Its taken me over a month to aclimate them to a normal healthy tank. But being a beginner, Im way over my head. I figure IDing should be a high priority in order to figure out diet etc.

[AussieSam]

Heres another one:

[synolover]

Looks like Panaqolus sp. L002 to me

[bekateen]

But being a beginner, Im way over my head. I figure IDing should be a high priority in order to figure out diet etc.

For sure you have at least one Panaqolus there, and the other looks like a Peckoltia. Their diets will be similar although not exactly the same. If you offer them a mixed diet, they should be fine together.

For these fish, I'd feed them algae wafers, worm sticks or shrimp pellets, slices of raw sweet potato, boiled shrimp or clams (sparingly, don't feed them too much meat at a time), Spirulina flakes, and live black worms. Also, keep wood in the tank. Panaqolus eat a lot of wood. The Peckoltia may take a little.

Good luck,
Eric

[Icedcold]

I was thinking L398, looks like L397 but L398s are more yellow.

[bekateen]

I was thinking L398, looks like L397 but L398s are more yellow.

Yes I thought the same. But I think it's not

Panaqolus tankei

(L398) because the number of lines on the face of this fish appear to be too numerous, compared to all the photos I've seen of P. tankei. Do you know if mature P. tankei have such numerous facial lines?

Cheers, Eric

[Vothis]

I was thinking L398, looks like L397 but L398s are more yellow.

I think you're right, Eric. What a beauriful fish regardless. Did you catch it, Sam?

[Jobro]

It is likely, that it is the same species as the first fish you posted in this thread, sam. Maybe provide a picture with both of them.

[AussieSam]

Alright.. I got all 4 together.. this is them..

[AussieSam]

And this is one other guy...

[Jobro]

That would be three Panaqolus(likely L002), one Peckoltia(likely L80) and one Hypancistrus (likely L129 / L340).