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Most stunning looking pleco

Posted: 24 Jul 2005, 19:24
by whiteymoza
Well what are your opiniouns on the most colourful, prettyest, rarest, biggest or smallest, bestest pleco

obviously this is opinion based but post pics I want to see what pleco you all prefer...

Posted: 24 Jul 2005, 22:11
by pictus_man_77
well, obviously its got to be down to:
Pterygoplichthys pardalis
or
Hypancistrus zebra
one of those two would do me nicely!!!!!!

Posted: 24 Jul 2005, 22:14
by Neo
i love my zebs :D for me they are the best pleco, you can see mine here - http://community.simplenet.co.uk/forums ... .php?t=860

Posted: 24 Jul 2005, 22:25
by laurab5
I would narrow it down to L015, L134, L066, L260, L287, L200, L333, and of course L46. There are so many beautiful and stunning ones it is hard to narrow down.

Posted: 25 Jul 2005, 09:52
by MatsP
There's one pleco I've seen so far that is much prettier than any other. . Unfortunately, they are unobtainable at anything resembling reasonable prices... :-( [Like, you pay 200 pounds for one that comes from a mail order company that you don't know if they will deliver what you expect or not... Most reputable companies can't get hold of them, whatever you're willing to pay.]

So I'm sticking to the almost as pretty decently priced species for my tank. Like L15 . They are very nice too.

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Mats

Posted: 25 Jul 2005, 10:49
by racoll
I like L262 the most.

here's my male..........


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Posted: 25 Jul 2005, 11:07
by Star-flog
To me, Royal Pleco Xingu Platinum (L027b), is the most beautiful of all.

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Posted: 25 Jul 2005, 22:14
by ClayT101
IMO: L-014 or Zebra

Posted: 26 Jul 2005, 05:36
by metallhd
Hi - I like the Queen Arabesque (L260) and the Zebra someone mentioned :roll:

My favourite is the Albino bristlenose (ancistrus sp) :D

Posted: 26 Jul 2005, 07:49
by ramblin man
The most stunning has got to be the Zebra, just has to. The pure whiteness of the white and the darkness of the black separated by a perfect line. Personally I 'don't' like them 'much' - there are other plecos I'd want to get before getting a Zeb.

The L91, imo, is also stunning. Why would a creature be mostly dull coloured except for the nice bright orange & black edges of the dorsal and caudal fins? To me thatâ??s also stunning.

Others in my short list would be L002, L018 (as common as it is), L82, L114, L133, L204, L260 of course,

Personal other favourites I'd like to buy are the 'blue range', namely L128 & L239

Posted: 26 Jul 2005, 16:46
by ZebraPleco
<<<----- See my sign

Posted: 26 Jul 2005, 17:41
by kev
its ot to be my Hypostomus Luteus, somthing you dont see every day.
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Kev

Posted: 26 Jul 2005, 20:03
by Rense
i'd say L200!

@kev: nice fish!

Posted: 26 Jul 2005, 23:21
by smithrc
I'm going to be really sad... we've bought most of our favorites...

L264 - had :(
L014 - got :)
L134 - Got a pair
L129 - Got 5
L075 - Got
L142 - Got

L025 - One day
L046 - one day - the L129s and our 5 L236's will keep us a bay for a while :)

Posted: 27 Jul 2005, 00:30
by laurab5
I someday want to setup a tank with a base of 5x2 feet. I would have it be a planted/driftwood pleco tank. Here is what it's inhabitants would be( All plecos would be under 10 inches, so I am going to put a question mark by the ones I don't know there sizes, so could you tell me how big they get.)

2 L200
1 L239?
1 Blizzard cactus?
1 L075
1 L114
1 L142
1 L273( an exception to the rule)
1 royal( another exception)

If you think this is light or heavy stocking let me know. It would probably be 6 feet instead of 5.

Posted: 02 Aug 2005, 20:21
by portwayfarm
Hi my first posting and to me I just love Mango my Mango Pl*c :D :D :D

Posted: 30 Aug 2005, 02:52
by liveatwoodstock
Since I have only seen one of these in my area, which I bought and love to death, my Florida Bred Bristlenose Pl*co, named Bob. (a great plus, since it was shipped at around 1-1.5 inches, and had a short way to go to get here.) He is my favorite fish in my 40 gallon and has his own cave combo staked out. Truly amazing fish.

Posted: 31 Aug 2005, 13:49
by JonSayers
Got to be LDA33 for me. I've had a Zebra and they are nowhere near as active as my LDA33, I'd say nearly as good looking but better overall. He even sucks on the front of the glass now and again.

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Posted: 01 Sep 2005, 03:46
by Graeme
Mango plec's rule!

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Posted: 01 Sep 2005, 03:50
by Beersnob
Just one! I gotta pick one favorite Pleco...

Gibbeceps - I like them alot.
Bristlenoses
Long-finned Bristlenoses
Vampire Pleco
Peppermint Pleco

Would be my top group.

Posted: 04 Sep 2005, 13:48
by HaakonH
Definately Neblinichthys pilosus, the Punk Pleco, although I will probably never be the owner of it:)