My new Whiptail Pleco (load warning)
- Thread starter Kaosu
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SO...ok a friend of mine is getting out of the hobby..I picked up a 55 acrylic hex with tons of tiger shrimp..tiger endlers 2 calico bristlenose plecos some rabbit snails, two sunset guramis and this guy..
I have never really looked in to them I had seen some small ones at my LFS
...but WOW...what an interesting "little" fish he is over 6 inches long
any other info on them would be great! they are in my 40 gallon tall and will be upgraded to a 70 tall shortly.
ok pics!!!
here he is in his tank before going in to my 40.
acclimating
and in his new home! my 40 tall..to be upgraded soon to a 70 tall.
my gudgeon has no clue what to think of him and has been following him all day!
well there he is!! enjoy...any comment/suggestions are wanted!
do i feed him like a normal pleco?.
I have never really looked in to them I had seen some small ones at my LFS
...but WOW...what an interesting "little" fish he is over 6 inches long
any other info on them would be great! they are in my 40 gallon tall and will be upgraded to a 70 tall shortly.
ok pics!!!
here he is in his tank before going in to my 40.
acclimating
and in his new home! my 40 tall..to be upgraded soon to a 70 tall.
my gudgeon has no clue what to think of him and has been following him all day!
well there he is!! enjoy...any comment/suggestions are wanted!
do i feed him like a normal pleco?.
As long as your tank is established it should be fine. If it is a new tank give a wafer or 2 every few days. The planted tank looks nice! BTW
What you have there is a Farlowella gracilis. You can tell by the long trailers on the tail.
Lovely fish, I miss mine.
Lovely fish, I miss mine.
^_^ thank you..love this tank, its been up and running for over a year and was wet up from y 20 upgrading..so been up and running with most of the same deco plus more for a while...upgrading to my 70 tall soon as i finish the stand!
Its also running a cascade 1200 a cascade 300 and a 150 gph powerhead/sponge filter.
It houses my 6 w/c Tinanti and 2 wood cats...and oh guppies ...and snails. cant wait for my bigger tank!..and this guy looks so nice on the logs!
He is very active.
Yup that is what it is! sorry i knew that name but i have always seen them as Whiptails ^_^