L-155 keepers pls stand up

[IoStrisciare]

Anyone keeping L-155 A.hystrix?

Cool evil looking sonofa*****... Just got one earlier.

[oscar300]

Awsome pick up! Which of the pics is your fish??

[davo]

nice. i've never bothered, i'd never be able to house it for life

[WyldFya]

nice. i've never bothered, i'd never be able to house it for life
They only hit around 21-22" usually. I've had a common that big!

[WyldFya]

Anyone keeping L-155 A.hystrix?

Cool evil looking sonofa*****... Just got one earlier.
Does my A. Adonis count??? They are very similar, I just prefer the spots to the solid black.

[davo]

They only hit around 21-22" usually. I've had a common that big!
lol yea, i know that, but it would be a lot of tank space, where i can keep a lot of things in its place. anyway, is any of them a pic of yours?

[WyldFya]

I didn't own a digital camera back when we had that monster. I do have pics of our little A. Adonis though.

[davo]

i meant iostrisciare of his L155. i noticed a few of them were internet pics

[WyldFya]

Ahh... oops. I recognize some of them, I don't recognize the first one, and it is seperate from the rest.

[davo]

yea thats why i was wondering if that one was his

[WyldFya]

I would guess so, but we'll see.

[IoStrisciare]

don't have a pic of mine yet as i dont have a DC.

These pics i got are so far the best in quality to show of the details of the pleco.

[davo]

o ok cool. get a camera soon so you can post up on MFK lol

[IoStrisciare]

Does my A. Adonis count??? They are very similar, I just prefer the spots to the solid black.

Adonis is common compared to this species i find. And much more "cuddly"...

Sorry dude, only qualifies for this spiked monster. :naughty:

[IoStrisciare]

o ok cool. get a camera soon so you can post up on MFK lol

If it is cooperative enough to pose.

[WyldFya]

Adonis is common compared to this species i find. And much more "cuddly"...

Sorry dude, only qualifies for this spiked monster. :naughty:
Yeah, but I prefer the A. Adonis, I had the Hystrix available, but passed it for the adonis. When my new tank is done I might be looking at one, but haven't decided yet.

[oscar300]

They are an evil looking fish!

[IoStrisciare]

Yeah, but I prefer the A. Adonis, I had the Hystrix available, but passed it for the adonis. When my new tank is done I might be looking at one, but haven't decided yet.

They are beautiful in their own way too. They have these iridescent colors on them from their little spikes. Looks really cool to see the silver iridescence on the velvety black.

Plus they look much meaner and more evil than Adonis hence i love hystrix.

[davo]

they do look more "rugged" than the adonis, but each to his own. best way to solve that is get both!

[IoStrisciare]

they do look more "rugged" than the adonis, but each to his own. best way to solve that is get both!

when are u getting yours?

[davo]

if i get a big tank, its going towards rays first. i'll probably only get them once ive moved to a bigger house. but suppose could start growing one out. hmmmmmmmm

[WyldFya]

they do look more "rugged" than the adonis, but each to his own. best way to solve that is get both!
I'll drink to that!

[WyldFya]

DO IT! I'm taking a trip to a reported really good pleco store later this week. I had never heard of it before, and it is about 1.5 hours away. Supposedly the other day a friend was up there and they had quite a few plecos all labeled with there L#s. We'll see if they are right!

[davo]

i prefer the birdseye view shape of the adonis

[WyldFya]

I like both, just had room for an adonis so I got it. Someday I will own one of the Hystrix, but that will be later. My list of plecos is growing by the day.

[davo]

i love this pic. they just remind me of sharks

[WyldFya]

Great pic. I haven't seen that one before.

[davo]

when i first saw it the pic size was reduced and i thought the bubbles were spots, which would have bean amazing

[WyldFya]

HAHA, how small was it originally?

[WyldFya]

What site did you get that from?

[davo]

heres another, with more spots on its fin.. Fin-Spotted Acanthicus

[davo]

http://www.molluscan.com/fish/exploration3/acanthicus2.jpg i googled giant pleco i think

[WyldFya]

heres another, with more spots on its fin.. Fin-Spotted Acanthicus
That one isn't an A. Hystrix, it does appear to be either an acanthicus or pseudacanthicus. Could be an A. adonis, but unlikely.

[WyldFya]

http://www.molluscan.com/fish/exploration3/acanthicus2.jpg i googled giant pleco i think
hmm, I just googled that, and didn't come up with that pic. odd.

[davo]

http://images.google.co.uk/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=giant+pleco should be the first two pics.

[WyldFya]

When I click on the link it is. when i just manually type that it, they aren't.

[davo]

:grinno: When I click on the link it is. when i just manually type that it, they aren't.

[WyldFya]

Hmm very strange. ah well. see them now. Have you been able to find any pics of the huge LDA65s?

[davo]

nope afraid not

[WyldFya]

I wonder what happened to all the pics???

[IoStrisciare]

I wonder what happened to all the pics???

there aint many pics of acanthicus hystrix around... most are the wrg pic...

[WyldFya]

I have been able to find quite a few pics of the A. Hystrix, but the fish I was talking about was LDA65. I haven't been able to find many picture of them lately.

[IoStrisciare]

I have been able to find quite a few pics of the A. Hystrix, but the fish I was talking about was LDA65. I haven't been able to find many picture of them lately.

i'll try to take some pics for u when they arrive in this weekend's shipment of plecs to my neighbouring aquarium.

[WyldFya]

cool! thanks!

[davo]

i'll try to take some pics for u when they arrive in this weekend's shipment of plecs to my neighbouring aquarium.
still waiting. its been over a day. im just impatient

[IoStrisciare]

still waiting. its been over a day. im just impatient

read the sentence....

THIS WEEKEND:ROFL:

But i heard the fishes just landed at the airport now.