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What Kind of Pleco is this please
Posted: 26 Jun 2012, 08:01
by Vicz24
I bought this little pleco a year ago as an L201 Hypancistrus sp
but looks like this one I have is accually an L201 Hypancistrus sp
The first one was bought from a local breeder & is now full grown at almost 3". The second is just over 3" long & both look to be females.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Re: What Kind of Pleco is this please
Posted: 26 Jun 2012, 09:57
by krazyGeoff
The bottom one looks like a male to me.
A pair of L201
Re: What Kind of Pleco is this please
Posted: 26 Jun 2012, 10:55
by medaka
Top photograph, to me looks like: -
Re: What Kind of Pleco is this please
Posted: 26 Jun 2012, 16:20
by Vicz24
They are not the same kind of pleco, as the body shapes are different, the spots on the first one are much larger than the second one & the first one has much darker black body, as where the second sometimes has light patches like in the pic.
If I can get a pic of the top of them I will post it. The first one isn't a Hypancistrus contradens as mine is too small, but I thought that too before I saw what size they grow too. The breeder I got them from, the breeding adults where same size as mine now at under 3 inches.
Re: What Kind of Pleco is this please
Posted: 26 Jun 2012, 18:53
by jac
I agree with above. First is a H. Contradens and the second is a L201.
The age and size of a catfish depends on how it's been kept and fed. That it is small now, does not by definition say it is not that species.
Re: What Kind of Pleco is this please
Posted: 27 Jun 2012, 01:14
by bassgenie
They look like 2 different Fish to me but, Isnt there a small and large spot Variant of the L-201?