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Huge Hypostomus Luteus.
Posted: 03 Feb 2006, 13:28
by kev
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
Posted: 03 Feb 2006, 16:03
by Phathead6669
Nice.
How much were they selling those for??
PS: Your last pic worked for me.
Posted: 03 Feb 2006, 17:29
by kev
Yes the pic has now worked for me
. They had 3 of them, two where £450 and the best one was £500.
Kev
Posted: 03 Feb 2006, 20:45
by bronzefry
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
Posted: 04 Feb 2006, 09:37
by smiffertins
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"
Posted: 06 Feb 2006, 09:47
by MatsP
I think the are all the same species,
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Mats
Posted: 06 Feb 2006, 12:59
by kev
They are all Luteus, just at different colour stages.
Kev
Posted: 07 Feb 2006, 01:16
by mmcm1997
kev wrote:Yes the pic has now worked for me
. They had 3 of them, two where £450 and the best one was £500.
Kev
What's that in US funds?
Posted: 07 Feb 2006, 09:43
by MatsP
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
Posted: 07 Feb 2006, 12:12
by kev
Nice and cheap
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Kev
Posted: 07 Feb 2006, 18:30
by mmcm1997
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
Posted: 07 Feb 2006, 18:53
by smiffertins
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)
Posted: 07 Feb 2006, 19:28
by kev
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
Posted: 08 Feb 2006, 14:45
by Phathead6669
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
