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Hello
This is my first post but i am visiting the site many years now..My name is lefteris..

At first i would like to ask you to make an Identification...and then i would like to discuss some other stuff about my fish..
I know that quality sucks but plz make a try..

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I'm certainly no expert, but the pictures look more like Ancistrus sp(3) or Ancistrus triradiatus. The medusa pleco (Ancistrus ranunculus (see for species profile) is supposed to be black (although some of the pictures don't bear that out) but easy to ID because of a really wide head. Your pictures don't show that well, but the head doesn't seem extraordinary to me. Also, if you check the profile pictures, L034 seems to have the tentacles confined to the front, whereas yours have them up the middle, which is typical of triradiatus. Hopefully Silurus or some other knowledgeable person will give you a more authoritative answer.

Hi Inser and welcome to PC!

Your fish is not L034 (Ancistrus Ranunculus) and most probably is Ancistrus sp.3 or other similar sp.

Can you post better pics or at least tell us the spot colors (from the pics looks redish).Is this correct?

Here you can see what L034 looks like...

http://www.aquazone.gr/forums/index.php?showtopic=8538

Fell free to ask if you need anything else!

p.s. Apo poy eisai?Ego Athina-Peristeri...

Hi again and thank you for helping.

Here are some photos that may help the identification.

Jim eimai apo Agia Paraskevi!

It looks like this...



from which shop did you got him and when?

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Jim I bought them from Spiros Kakouris(zwofilia) a year and a half ago.
A week ago, I noticed that the male one was standing at the entrance of a hole located on a big piece of wood.Two days ago I used a flashlight and found out that the male was protecting its 50 babies.
So yesterday I placed them in a smaller (80 litres) tank with their father.
Any suggestions are welcomed!
Here are some pics

Just as a matter of interest these young have the same markings on their body as the young of my Ancistrus sp.3
The only other comparison I have is A. claro which are quite different,more of a traditional camouflage pattern.

Birger

Those babies are very cute ! I agree with Birger. This is definitely, to me, Ancistrus sp. (3). Good luck rearing them.
Josh

Thx again for helping..


After examining Ancistrus sp 8 photos i am 99% sure that it is indeed sp 8 as Jim said..

I dont know if the babys look like sp 3 but the male is not definitely an Ancistrus sp 3...Dont you guys agree?
I am feeding a mix of cyclops with spiroulina and fish vitamin..am i doing right?


Lefteris

I did not actually say yours were sp.3 (they look it to me) just that the babies were the same pattern, It would be hard for me to say what yours are from the pictures supplied as a lot of these look so similar.

What is the length of your male?

What factors make you so sure it is sp.8?

I am feeding a mix of cyclops with spiroulina and fish vitamin..am i doing right?

If they are breeding you are doing something right, I would have some form of veggies in with the babies, slice of zuchini or green beans

Birger

i am not quite sure that it is sp 8 but the coloration is very similar...i dont know i am a bit confused..

i ll try to get a better picture and post it tonight..

Thanks!

Finally my fish dealer sovled my problem..The catfish is ancistrus tamboensis.Thank again for the help!

Finally a fool proof ID. Sorry Birger, I didn't mean to say that you said it was sp.(3).
Josh