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Can anyone tell me what kind of Pleco this is? He is about 4 inches nose to tail. I don't have a better pic since he doesn't come out of this hole in the wall. I mean never comes out unless I remove the rock. Sorry for the fuzziness, my digicam is cheap and not really mine.





Someone said once that he might be a Dwarf Clown Pleco. this was of course an LFS worker so I am not sure how much I trust their opinion.

Thanks for your help.
Dsiple

I say its the loch ness monster based on the pictures lol.

My digital cam is bad for close up or detailed pictures too. I usually have to grab my camcorder and use the snapshot button.

It looks like a hypancistrus of some type. A better picture is needed to even try to guess at what kind it is.

Here's a tip for those with "not so good at close-ups" digital cameras: Take the picture from further away, with the camera set to highest resolution available, then cut out the middle part of the picture where the fish is, and post that. Usually that would give a pretty decent picture...

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Mats

I think it's a species of . It looks too high bodied for which was my other thought based on that nice orange colour.

Jools

Sorry once again about the pic quality. It was the best I could do with what I had. I will try to get a clearer pic in the near future.

I thonk you might have it with the Peckoltia. I have to look a little closer, but I think the L170 is pretty close to his markings. BTW, how big does the L170 get. Mine was a freebie from someone trying to get rid of their tank.

I know he is supposed to be at least 8 yrs old now and I leave him alone as much as possible since I know the abuse he went through the year before I got.

There doesn't seem to be much info as far as size and life span that I can find. Is there any more info anyone has on these?

Thanks for the help,
Dsiple

It is a peckoltia ..
The other one that sometimes comes with good red colour is L288..
The picture in the cat a log is not a good specimen..
If you have Aqualog L codes
It is in this ..
Just an Idea ?

I think I have a better pic here. Just for reference. The rock is 10" tall from the sand. For some reason over the last few weeks, this guy and the Eupterus have been at each other. This pic is while they are having one of their daytime "go at each others." It stays in that hole until night, when I still don't see him.

Does this pic give a better idea as to what he is? If I need to remove him from the tank to get pics in a bucket or something I can do that as well.

Thanks for the help.

Almost certainly a hypancistrus, and probably, as aforementioned, L-340. No peckoltia I know of has such distinctive markings, and something about the body just screams "hypancistrine"---not sure I can explain what, but it just does. How's that for an explanation. :/

Ok, two more pics from the dorsal. I have noticed that many people are asking for a top shot to get the head shape. Do these help any?


Sorry for the blurriness.



Also, since I am no expert, I see it being an L340 as well. It seems to fit. However, is there any more info other than size and location that is available here or elsewhere on the web? Every place I have found that m etions these fish has only been looking for id's or gives the basic size and location info.

I am interested in learning as much about the fish in my tank as possible. Where can I find more info on this fish?

Thanks for your help.

There is indeed not much info on L340 in the Cat-eLog, but other Hypancistrus species should be able to help you with general hints such as husbandry/breeding info - yours is a male (based on the odontal growth on the back end of the fish), so you'll need to find one or two females if you want to breed it.

Take a look at the other species of . Particularly usefull would probably be the L66, L260, H. inspector and H. zebra, as those will be the species with the most info.

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Mats