Just picked up 2 pleco, ID not sure
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If those are not both clowns I will eat my shoes!!!
I have had several clowns over the years, and they looked exactly like those 2 you have. A zebra pleco is black with white stripes (it looks like a zebra... Duh me) but anyways, I am convinced those are clown pleco's.
Whoever sold you the one labelled as a zebra should give you a refund or something. They sold you a fish for more money than it is worth. I don't know what the real zebra goes for in the USA, but here in holland they sell for about $200 each, due to import laws etc.
I have had several clowns over the years, and they looked exactly like those 2 you have. A zebra pleco is black with white stripes (it looks like a zebra... Duh me) but anyways, I am convinced those are clown pleco's.
Whoever sold you the one labelled as a zebra should give you a refund or something. They sold you a fish for more money than it is worth. I don't know what the real zebra goes for in the USA, but here in holland they sell for about $200 each, due to import laws etc.
Without a side view it is hard to ID these guys.
L129 and L340 is not right though. L270 is what they look like to me. There is not enough genetic variation from either L340 or L129 to get a pleco that looks like that. If they were that cheap though, there is a chance they were bred, which could have lead to hybrids. Without a doubt though, they are not clowns nor leopard frogs.
L129 and L340 is not right though. L270 is what they look like to me. There is not enough genetic variation from either L340 or L129 to get a pleco that looks like that. If they were that cheap though, there is a chance they were bred, which could have lead to hybrids. Without a doubt though, they are not clowns nor leopard frogs.
