First Pleco in a Long Time

[M|L]

Haven't had a pleco since 2005, and my algae is growing out of contorl without them:

Took the opportunity to shoot a quick pic of the hampala barb. Bad pic, but it's the latest update. He's pretty big now:

-Ming

 

[ferco]

wow, i think the barb is a good pic!!! nice one! also love the pleco, thay are awsome fish, wish there was a brackish water version. oh well... lol, good luck with the pleco!

 

[cichlid savage]

cool pics!

 

[davo]

nice little male you got there. do you know which spp?

 

[gman]

both of those are awesome

 

[M|L]

do you know which spp?

I don't know, but the female looks distinctively different with visible spots, which the male lacks.

Doesn't matter though, it's just a regular bushynose that you see everyday.

 

[davo]

theres about 5 or so that are most common, i forget all their names

 

[Taz2478]

thats one mean lookin pleco

 

[davo]

The most commonly abused scientific names being A. cirrhosus( Ancistrus sp. '3'), and A. dolichopterus (L183). While the majority of wild caught Ancistrus species are difficult to impossible to identify, but id guess either LDA53 or LDA72.

ps, that male looks like its ready to mate

 

[M|L]

that thing pricked me with it's sharp gill spines (whatever you call it).

I was surprised at how soft and "jelly-like" the bushy growth is on the fish though.

even though I purchased that fish less than a week ago, I don't plan on keeping it much longer.