Sold to me as a King Tiger... Not so sure

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Sold to me as a King Tiger... Not so sure

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I'm new to the forums here, so I'm sorry if I'm asking too many questions. I know you all just helped me ID my other plecostomus.

I bought this guy, or gal, labeled as a King Tiger... but after seeing some of the pictures in here, I'm not so sure. So, I thought I'd throw it you experts to resolve. I have several pictures posted here:

http://aquariumrox.blogspot.com/2010/09 ... tomus.html

Thanks in advance for your help.
Just started blogging about my experiences with this aquarium and breeding my plecos:

http://aquariumrox.blogspot.com/

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1 Emperor Pleco
1 Snowball Pleco
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1 Albino Bristlenose Pleco
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Re: Sold to me as a King Tiger... Not so sure

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Post by dconnors »

Looks to me to be a young L333 AKA 'Yellow King Tiger'. Still small so it could be almost any of the striped hypans, but it looks like the yellow 333 that I have raised. :foggie:
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Post by Yann »

Hi!

I believe it is an L333 also
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L333 was my guess as well. I have kept and bred them for years.
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Re: Sold to me as a King Tiger... Not so sure

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Thanks for all the feedback. I don't know them all well enough yet to know the difference for sure. 8)
Just started blogging about my experiences with this aquarium and breeding my plecos:

http://aquariumrox.blogspot.com/

42 Gal

1 King Tiger Pleco
1 Emperor Pleco
1 Snowball Pleco
1 Ancistrini sp(L127)
1 Albino Bristlenose Pleco
3 Dwarf Bristlenose Plecos (1 Male - Breeding 2 batches now - About 30 babies)
12 Bloodfin Tetras
6 Neons
5 Otocinclus
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Re: Sold to me as a King Tiger... Not so sure

Post by Birger »

Thanks for all the feedback. I don't know them all well enough yet to know the difference for sure. 8)
I know well enough to say go with the other ID's...

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Post by 2wheelsx2 »

I agree with the others. They look identical to my 7 L133's.
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