Lots Pics of my Plecs Warning 56k

taksan · Post by **taksan** » 05 Jul 2005, 06:53

Got some good pics recently of my fish in various tanks hope you like them ...some were still a bit camera shy ...

natefrog · Post by **natefrog** » 05 Jul 2005, 07:34

Unreal!!! Those are really incredible photos. The P. pardalis and goldy pleco are just beautiful!!

MDOU · Post by **MDOU** » 05 Jul 2005, 08:05

they are beautiful

I love that gold spot plec

Kostas · Post by **Kostas** » 05 Jul 2005, 09:31

Your plecos are really beautiful

I especialy like your Panaque and your Pseudacanthicus.

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 05 Jul 2005, 12:14

Nice!
they seems to be still young judging by the size, hope you are aware that beside all of these will be over 30cm/12in when they will be adult!!!

How big is your tank?
Cheers
Yann

laurab5 · Post by **laurab5** » 05 Jul 2005, 12:37

Beautiful fish. I like all of them. A thought in all the pictures I saw 7 L numbers. Is this correct.

taksan · Post by **taksan** » 05 Jul 2005, 12:57

yannfulliquet wrote:Nice!
they seems to be still young judging by the size, hope you are aware that beside
Hypancistrus sp(L66)
all of these will be over 30cm/12in when they will be adult!!!

How big is your tank?
Cheers
Yann

There is no L66 .... ?

I sure hope they grow that big .... I have lots of tanks that one is 900 litres

laurab5 · Post by **laurab5** » 05 Jul 2005, 14:21

If that isn't an L66, then what Hypancistrus is that in the last picture

taksan · Post by **taksan** » 05 Jul 2005, 14:28

Thats a L333

ClayT101 · Post by **ClayT101** » 05 Jul 2005, 14:46

I think that the 2 pictures of the royal swimming in front of the plants are beautiful

laurab5 · Post by **laurab5** » 05 Jul 2005, 15:55

It does look like a L333 more than a L66. The stripes are a bit thicker.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 05 Jul 2005, 18:35

That's an L-66. The eyes are too far back for L-333.

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 05 Jul 2005, 21:34

Amazing, Taksan!

I would imagine that this is the seven foot tank? What kind of filtration do you have on that tank?

taksan · Post by **taksan** » 06 Jul 2005, 01:42

Jon wrote:That's an L-66. The eyes are too far back for L-333.

Ummmm no its a L333 as I said

gunnlaugr · Post by **gunnlaugr** » 06 Jul 2005, 02:05

Hi,nice fish! i was wondering what kind of pleco is the one on the 9th picture (the black one)? i have one just like that one and have always wondered...

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 06 Jul 2005, 02:38

Might I request that you establish a reason as to why you believe your fish is an L-333 other than "ummmmm"?

nice fish, btw, especially the scobinancistrus.

taksan · Post by **taksan** » 06 Jul 2005, 02:42

gunnlaugr wrote:Hi,nice fish! i was wondering what kind of pl*co is the one on the 9th picture (the black one)? i have one just like that one and have always wondered...

Its a PP Pleco

Pterygoplichthys pardalis

taksan · Post by **taksan** » 06 Jul 2005, 02:43

Jon wrote:Might I request that you to establish a reason as to why you believe your fish is an L-333 other than "ummmmm"?

nice fish, btw, especially the scobinancistrus.

you can always request .....

laurab5 · Post by **laurab5** » 06 Jul 2005, 02:49

Go to the catelog and compare photos. L066 stripes are thinner than his fish, L333 stripes are identical to his.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 06 Jul 2005, 18:50

Not necessarily, though. Consider the photos johnny jensen took, and the rightmost picture on the second row. Then compare them to the "adult male" L-66, and the photo taken by richard williams (among others). They are interchangable in regards to stripe width, and in some cases, the L-66's are wider

The stripes are about the same width as two of my own L-66. However, the patterning does not, at least in my opinion, look anything like L-333. I would observe the head and body structure more closely as an indication of species. The elongated body, the shape of the head, and the patterning in general leads me to assume this is an L-66.

j4782 · Post by **j4782** » 07 Jul 2005, 03:07

The L333's got more yellow coloring. I have one of each L066 & L333 in my tank. My L333's a female, I believe. My L066 is also younger, still growing, so it's super easy for me to see the difference right now.

Here's my L333's belly, but her yellow is very clear

L333 next to the bridge

Here's a decent pic of my L066

Photo of L066's belly for comparison

taksan · Post by **taksan** » 07 Jul 2005, 03:18

Jon wrote: I would observe the head and body structure more closely as an indication of species. The elongated body, the shape of the head, and the patterning in general leads me to assume this is an L-66.

Which goes to show that you can't tell anything about the shape of the head from that angle and depth of field.
Its a L333 .....I have L66's and they are a different fish.

j4782 · Post by **j4782** » 07 Jul 2005, 03:25

I agree, after waiting forever for the pics in question to load, they're not great ones for differentiating between L333 & L066.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 07 Jul 2005, 09:03

IMO, the line of sight taken in the shot is fairly indicative of the eye distance, but I suppose to each man his own.

j4782 · Post by **j4782** » 07 Jul 2005, 14:44

I don't see how eye distance is a good criteria for differentiating between these two very similar fish. There are a couple of good head shots of both species on the Cat-elog and I can't see this distance thing you're talking about. Are we talking a few mm? Every species has that kind of variation.

I've look at both the eyes of my fish and they look very similar, too.

Both are undescribed, so there's no official way to tell them apart. It's all going to be based on the pattern of the adult fish.

gunnlaugr · Post by **gunnlaugr** » 08 Jul 2005, 00:28

Taksan, thanks for the info, very helpful!!

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 08 Jul 2005, 14:21

Something to this effect:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... hp?t=11743

I must say, though, your L-333 does look more like an L-66 to me, though I can't be sure.