Who is this guy?

Tuti · Post by **Tuti** » 24 Jun 2006, 22:20

Hi all,

I'm asking this for somebody from a dutch forum. He has 3 cat's like this one: http://members.chello.nl/p.tilborgh/lnr/

He doesn't know what species it is, so that's why i'm asking here. I think it's a LDA 44, because the keeper says that his male looks like a species mentioned in the aqualog-book: http://www.aquaforum.nl/gallery/upload/marslda44.jpg

Is there anybody who can tell me if i'm correct that this is a lda 44, or if it's another species ancistrus?

anyway thanks!

ACE1 · Post by **ACE1** » 25 Jun 2006, 08:19

could do with a better pic looks like L045 to me but im no expert.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 26 Jun 2006, 10:49

Ok, so the only thing that I could tell from that picture is that it's a Ancistrus or near relative, and that it's probably not the "common" variety, since there's some white on the tail wher the common ones doesn't have it.

A pictur where the fish is a little bit more easy to distinguish from the background would help quite a bit.

Also, when taking a photo of a fish that turns out to be a small portion of a large photo, it's a good idea to crop it down (cutting away the bits of picture that doesn't show the fish). Most common photo-editing software can do this...

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Mats

Tuti · Post by **Tuti** » 28 Jun 2006, 08:40

Thank you both for the answers. I'll ask the keeper of the fish if he will try to take some better pictures.

Fullmaster · Post by **Fullmaster** » 06 Jul 2006, 18:09

Here is the owner of the catfish, (tuti thanks)

I got some new pics, these are a lott better. If you click on the link below the photo you can see the big size.

The Male
Big size photo

The Male again
Big size photo

1 of the Female's
Big size photo

1 of the Female's again
Big size photo

Hope this brings more...

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 06 Jul 2006, 18:35

Hi!

Are they wild caught?
Any idea of the origin?
it could be but really ain't sure about it!

Cheers
Yann

Fullmaster · Post by **Fullmaster** » 06 Jul 2006, 18:41

Don't know any thing about this fish.
But I don't think it's a wild catch.

Normal price was 14 euro's
(I got 1 male, and 2 female's for 25 euro)

My lfs would search for the real name, but no succes till today.

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 06 Jul 2006, 19:09

wild Ancistrus can be fairly cheap though.

it's the "L_numbers" like Baryancistrus (goldnugget), Hypancistrus (Zebra plec and others), Acanthicus spp and Pseudacanthicus spp that demand a whopping pricetag.

I've seen excellent Ancistrus dolichopterus (the true one with the white bands) for about 7,50E-12,50E, and even the rare Ancistrus ranunculus for 17,50E......

so if your LFS is one of those good old 'reasonable priced' LFS, you might very well have a true wildcaught Ancistrus on your hands, despite the low price

Fullmaster · Post by **Fullmaster** » 08 Jul 2006, 08:22

So now the option are:

LDA-44
L-045
LDA-72
Or the sp3

Anybody?

Fullmaster · Post by **Fullmaster** » 30 Jul 2006, 20:06

*Kick*

I_Xeno · Post by **I_Xeno** » 30 Jul 2006, 22:03

it looks like a ancistrus sp3 to me, how old is he ??

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 31 Jul 2006, 09:19

For husbandry purposes, I'd definitely say .

If the plan is to breed it, I'd be a bit more careful - we don't need any more confusion in the ancestry of by mixing species.

I'd like to see:
1. A picture with the dorsal fin up.
2. A picture of it's natural (non-stress) colouration, preferrably in natural light (no flash).

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Mats