My 4 plecos

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Tallahassee, FL
Tank: 6ft 125g.
Stock:
(6) common silver dollars
(5) red hook silver dollars
(2) juvenile electric blue jack dempseys
(1) L-14 Goldy/Sunshine pleco
(1) L-114 Red-Tailed Leopard pleco
(1) L-264 Sultan pleco (leporacanthicus)
(1) L-326 pleco (leporacanthicus)

I purchased all the plecos, and the red hook silver dollars from Snookn21 (MFK Vendor). Needless to say, I'm very happy with my purchases :D Who would've guessed it'd be considerably cheaper to order quality fish online, delivered to my door, than to get questionable fish at a LFS?

Enjoy :popcorn:

Full tank shot (its an oak stand/tank trim, lighting makes it look black though ;):
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I have not seen any pleco leave this 2.5 ft section (right part of tank) in months. The first pleco I added was the L-264, and it spent its first few weeks in a different area of the tank, but has since found a couple spots in this area, and hasn't looked back.
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Pics of plecos, in L-number order (majority of pics are taken with flash on, just too hard to get a decent shot w/o it). Downside is the flash gives them a sheen that makes their base color look slightly pale sometimes:

L-14 (growing like a weed):
First pic is day 1 (May 1st), others were taken today:
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L-114:
First pic is day 1 (May 1st)
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5/25
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L-264 (added April 1st):
4/12
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4/25
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L-326 (added June 4th):
6/14:
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Multi pleco shots :D:
May 8th:
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June 14th:
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5/9
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Thanks for looking.
 
dang.. those are hot plecos!

love them. simply love them...
 
Thanks guys. Yeah I can't wait to see them years from now...but thats just motivation to keep the tank well maintained to keep them healthy and happy :D
 
Well I updated this a couple weeks back but I think MFK's servers were going through some sort of maintenance because the update + the responses to it were all deleted after the weekend.

Anyyyyway, I took these pictures tonight. All pics taken with flash on.
In no particular order...
Enjoy!















 
I didn't realize you had an L114. I adore mine but he sure is a shy little guy. I see him scooting around when he doesn't know I'm watching though. Wonderful Plec group you've got-very nice! I'd love an L264. My life would be almost complete if I had one :-)
 
Yeah the L-114 never leaves that area underneath that rock. I think it knows the other plecos will move in if it does :grinno: the only pleco brave enough to go near em anymore is the L-264, which moves in on that area after dark to feed.

I'd say L-114 is my shyest pleco, a close second is the L-264, then the L-326.
The L-14 doesn't even come close to the others though, it frequently comes out to feed during the daytime.









edit:
These videos were taken about 3 weeks ago.

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