My new Royal!!!

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Ben
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My new Royal!!!

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Hey folks!

Finally, after waiting a loooong time, I have my newest addition to my tank. It's a beatiful 3 inch Royal Pleco! A friend who works at my LFS had to fight with the owner to convince him to order this beauty in for me, and was I ever happy when it arrived today!

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bigger versions of the pics are on my album @
http://eheim-uk.com/planetcatfish/gallery/gallery/ben

Looking forward to what the Panaque pros of PC have to say about my little guy :)
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Ben, This is the true P. nigrolineatus of the Venezuelan/Colombian llanos.
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Great pictures! Congrats! :D
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Post by caril »

real nice... royal is my first and favourite pleco.
royals are quite abundant in singapore.
we can have a tank of 30-40 royals to choose from.:wink:
looking for gold-line royal though... :roll:
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very beautiful!!!!
I love his big head.
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thanks all for your comments, and thanks to Shane for the confimation of him being a true P. nigrolineatus. I was pretty sure he was, but i know it's a fish that can have several deviations.

I got a chance to observe him interacting with his tankmates after work this morning. He decided he wanted to steal the prime hiding spot of my dominant male L187b. They had a bit of a scuffle and the L187b ended up backing down, which was a first for him. I think I have a new boss of the tank now!

He's eating well. He took a good chunk out of the fresh Zuchini I put in before leaving for work last night, and put away the better part of a large algae wafer this morning. So far he's fitting in great :)
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Post by SynoPetri »

Great pics, great fish!!
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