any idea what species this is?
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i thought bf to at first but what is makeing me look twice is the head it look alot rounder then a phantom. right colors but the head shape is off and i know there are a tone of plecos that are similar colors but different bodies ether way realy nice looking fish and if it is a phantom it will eat your plants i have one and it took him and my other pleco about a month to destroy a 15" sword. just keep an eye on it if you start to see alot of damage to the plants move it to anther tank
im not a pleco expert but i know like the gold nugget pleco and the vampire pleco pluse other are all black with gold dots and the snowball (not shour what L it is) looks very close to the bp and if it is in the right lite identical. but again im not an expert so i really couldn't say
great. so im now fairly certain it's a blue phantom. 
i appreciate the help. my next questions are:
1.) iv got an open top. would i need to put a lid on it?
2.) really, its a plant eater? please tell me that's not true. iv read posts on MFK that give both answers. could they differ that much within the species as far as personality/food preference that some might be scourges of the plant kingdom and others not? if i get one would yall recomend i keep an eye on it and see how it behaves with my plants?
3.) what do i feed it?
4.) how big will it get? iv read 7". but then i go and read stuff like how MsMassPoly's got a 10"er. i can't keep a 10"er. a 7" one ya, but not 10.
5.) comments yall would like to add?
i appreciate the help. my next questions are:1.) iv got an open top. would i need to put a lid on it?
2.) really, its a plant eater? please tell me that's not true. iv read posts on MFK that give both answers. could they differ that much within the species as far as personality/food preference that some might be scourges of the plant kingdom and others not? if i get one would yall recomend i keep an eye on it and see how it behaves with my plants?
3.) what do i feed it?
4.) how big will it get? iv read 7". but then i go and read stuff like how MsMassPoly's got a 10"er. i can't keep a 10"er. a 7" one ya, but not 10.
5.) comments yall would like to add?
My leporacanthicus turned out to be plant eaters too. They would eat the amazon swords, but leave the crypts and anubias alone. So (1) try using crypts or anubias instead. (2) It seems that they like the base of the plant, so you may want to try protecting the base area. I use an old plastic lattice plant top, and clip some of the "cross hatching" from the bottom, flip the pot over and thread the plant leaves through the pot; I find that it also helps prevent digging and dislodging plants (I changed to another tank, and the light was not strong enough for amazon swords, but I used this method to protect an anubias planted in the gravel).
Never kept L128, so can't tell you what to feed it. Though I'm guessing wafers are find (Hikari, xtreme scraper, etc).
Never kept L128, so can't tell you what to feed it. Though I'm guessing wafers are find (Hikari, xtreme scraper, etc).
