Huge Hypostomus Luteus.

kev · Post by **kev** » 03 Feb 2006, 13:28

Hi all,
I walked into the South American room at Pier Aquatics yesterday and nearly fainted

. The pic's say why

They make me want to feed my little fella every 5 minutes.

They have got load's of cool stuff in at the mo. Im looking for a re-mortgage

Kev

Phathead6669 · Post by **Phathead6669** » 03 Feb 2006, 16:03

Nice.

How much were they selling those for??

PS: Your last pic worked for me.

kev · Post by **kev** » 03 Feb 2006, 17:29

Yes the pic has now worked for me

. They had 3 of them, two where Â£450 and the best one was Â£500.

Kev

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 03 Feb 2006, 20:45

Holy Guacamole, Kev! The colors! What size home will you give these loves? One of the big tanks with the sump pump, like the Rays? You may want to start a garden this Summer: squash in particular.

Amanda

smiffertins · Post by **smiffertins** » 04 Feb 2006, 09:37

what kind is the yellower one? he reminds me of this movie i saw a long time ago where these chicks had robbed a bank and once they got far enough away from the cops they pulled over and wet the car down and washed the paint off to a new incognito color... heeheehee... "yellow incognito pleco"

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 06 Feb 2006, 09:47

I think the are all the same species,

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Mats

kev · Post by **kev** » 06 Feb 2006, 12:59

They are all Luteus, just at different colour stages.

Kev

mmcm1997 · Post by **mmcm1997** » 07 Feb 2006, 01:16

kev wrote:Yes the pic has now worked for me . They had 3 of them, two where Â£450 and the best one was Â£500.

Kev

What's that in US funds?

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 07 Feb 2006, 09:43

I don't know what the exact exchange rate is right now, but somewhere around 1.6-1.8 dollars per pound, so you're looking at something between $700 to $900 range.

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Mats

kev · Post by **kev** » 07 Feb 2006, 12:12

Nice and cheap

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Kev

mmcm1997 · Post by **mmcm1997** » 07 Feb 2006, 18:30

I hope your joking about nice and cheap. I think I'm going to your Country and make a million dollars and then bring that back to the States. That's almost a double your money return.

Are you going to try to breed them? MIKE

smiffertins · Post by **smiffertins** » 07 Feb 2006, 18:53

Do they ever get completely yellow or do they stay partially brownish?

(BTW: 450 GBP = $790.51 USD // 500 GBP = $878.35 USD ...sorry, I didn't have the "British Pound" symbol on my keyboard)

kev · Post by **kev** » 07 Feb 2006, 19:28

once they get to 20" stage they are pretty much all yellow, they arnt my fish, only the small one in the last pic is mine and he's only 4". I think it would take a very big tank to breed these pleco's. And a big budget

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Kev

Phathead6669 · Post by **Phathead6669** » 08 Feb 2006, 14:45

Without reading any breeding info on these guys, I will assume that breeding them would be close to the same as a Common where you would need a large mud encampment for them to lay their eggs.

Especially if they get to 20" they would be very hard to tank breed at home.IMO