Just sharing some rustys 7-8"

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Hey everyone, collected a few fish from a local guy shutting down his tank today. Included were these two Rusty's, apparently he acquired them already grown in 2005 so they have some years on them:-)

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One more.

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Nice, look tiny next to that 95.
 
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Very nice! lots of new plecos for you!



Im not sure they are L137s, L137s are blue eyed. Unless its the camera, but my blue eyed ones are pretty bright blue.

Perhaps I am wrong, but I thought the red eyed version were a different type.

it looks like it has a little blue around the pupil but not what I'm used to seeing in mine but if it isn't a L137 then it is definitely a member of the Hypostomus Cochliodon group.
 
Yeah they arnt blue eyes, I've think they are l077 tbh but I've had various results via Google.
The smaller one is next to the l95, maybe under 6" tbf, I bought them as 7" Rusty's.
The guy had a tank at work 15ftx6ftx5ft in that they resided from 2005 but they weren't baby's when they were added. It was in an accounting company in London.
When he retired, being the only keeper of cichlids and pleco in the office they turned his tank to marine like there other tanks.
At this point they came back to Kent and he has had them at home for around 5yrs.
I think I'm stocked for pleco now, in my various tanks I have the two Gibby, gold spot l001, gold nugget, the two Rusty's and the only pleco I've fell in love with and had to own the l95:-)
 
Quite possibly l310 I guess
 
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