Help, ID my 2 plecco

[mangingisda]

can you please id these 2 plecco of mine....

Sorry the pics aren't clear, i used phone cam only...



thanks

 

[JoeTurner14]

where did you get this fish?? To me it looks like a common plecostomus, however the strong red colouring is far from natural. This is the result of dying with colouring (just like food colouring). Some people believe it to be detrimental to the fish, whilst others think its just plain ugly and cruel.

Sorry to break it to you like that bro...

 

[jodyy]

they look like chocolate albinos i bought from petsmarts

 

[peewee]

albino commons?

 

[Warborg]

As said, Albino Chocolates

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=88

Edit:

To me it looks like a common plecostomus, however the strong red colouring is far from natural.

You are correct in a way.

They do come from commons... and they are man-made(not natural). However man has been doing this to them for over 20 years. Even myself until recently like most thought this was just another strange pleco to hit the market. But hardly uncommon as far as the amount... over the years I've had up to about 15 of them. I bet over half the pleco crowd here has had at least one.

 

[mangingisda]

where did you get this fish?? To me it looks like a common plecostomus, however the strong red colouring is far from natural. This is the result of dying with colouring (just like food colouring). Some people believe it to be detrimental to the fish, whilst others think its just plain ugly and cruel.

Sorry to break it to you like that bro...

its from LFS bro, Its okey bro, no need to sorry thanks for the nice info

they look like chocolate albinos i bought from petsmarts

Thanks you

albino commons?

Thanks

As said, Albino Chocolates

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=88

Edit:



You are correct in a way.

They do come from commons... and they are man-made(not natural). However man has been doing this to them for over 20 years. Even myself until recently like most thought this was just another strange pleco to hit the market. But hardly uncommon as far as the amount... over the years I've had up to about 15 of them. I bet over half the pleco crowd here has had at least one.

Thank you very, now i know them i though the common is those black plecco and these 2 is not a common but im wrong of it hehehe

 

[mangingisda]

Hi guys, got a plecco again, i like to the strain of it, please help me..

 

[Copp81]

Gibbi


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[ElectricBlueSeanBurch]

Yup, P. Gibbiceps

 

[mangingisda]

ok, thank you very much for the help..