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Bought as L-236..

Posted: 17 Sep 2011, 16:10
by Birger Amundsen
Some friends of mine, bought a group of these in Denmark,and the shop owner, got them from Germany.
What do you think?

Re: Bought as L-236..

Posted: 17 Sep 2011, 16:51
by HaakonH
Hei Birger :D

It's a bit brave to label these L236, because they could very well be L399/L400 instead. If I was to pay big bucks for L236, I wouldn't be too happy if I got these. And yes, that has happened to me too ;)

Haakon

Re: Bought as L-236..

Posted: 19 Sep 2011, 00:33
by Birger Amundsen
Hei HÃ¥kon:)

I visited my friends today, to look at the fish, comparing all the picks and books, that we had, thees are so close to 236.
And they have spawned....

I will be back to them in a few weeks, and will bring my camera for picks.

Re: Bought as L-236..

Posted: 19 Sep 2011, 03:51
by johannes
They look like L400 to me, especially the 1st picture.

Re: Bought as L-236..

Posted: 19 Sep 2011, 15:07
by Unungy
These are not L236.

They are L400

Re: Bought as L-236..

Posted: 19 Sep 2011, 18:17
by juventus
I was thinking the same and i realy hoped you could answer this question. If anybody wonders who Unungy is, he is importer and dealer of catfish. He has a lot of experience.

I Must Ask Birger, who is this person in norway who says he has them and breeds them?

I've always wondered why everybody almost automatcly believes the germans....

Re: Bought as L-236..

Posted: 20 Sep 2011, 08:13
by Unungy
juventus wrote:I was thinking the same and i realy hoped you could answer this question. If anybody wonders who Unungy is, he is importer and dealer of catfish. He has a lot of experience.

I Must Ask Birger, who is this person in norway who says he has them and breeds them?

I've always wondered why everybody almost automatcly believes the germans....
Thank you for your kind words, I don't consider myself an expert but someone that has seen some of these nice rare plecos a few times.

I believe the first pleco to be an L399\L400, better pictures will help us to determine for sure.

The second pleco looks different than the first one but more pictures will also help.

Re: Bought as L-236..

Posted: 20 Sep 2011, 21:07
by Jools
juventus wrote:I've always wondered why everybody almost automatcly believes the germans....
I'm not sure they do. But if they do, I suspect it's the weight of literature they've produced. Literature that doesn't say this is X and not Y but attempts to explain why how X is different from Y.



Jools