need ID of plecos

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I traded a bunch of african babies for two plecos and one is a royal{which i love} and the other is a gold spot.. but i would like to know the exact species names so i can read up on them.. so if you can ID i would sure appreciate it..thanks
 
davo;1193157; said:
Panaque cf nigrolineatus and Pterygoplitchthys joselimaianus.

Thank you DAVO..that was fast! wow i just read up on the "gold sailfin nugget" and he grows to 14 inches and he is great with cichlids because he can hold his own and also eats everything..thanks again DAVO :D:D
 
Yup.. I have 3 of those joselimaianus, they are the Ninja of the pleco world, tough as. They wont hassle the other fish, but they can sure look after themsleves if needed.

My big fella is about 2 years old and 8" long, so 12-14" is probably about right.

Cheers

Ian
 
Ianab;1193910; said:
Yup.. I have 3 of those joselimaianus, they are the Ninja of the pleco world, tough as. They wont hassle the other fish, but they can sure look after themsleves if needed.

My big fella is about 2 years old and 8" long, so 12-14" is probably about right.

Cheers

Ian

Thank you..could you please post a picture of him..i would love to see how he looks at the age..
 
This is him a few months back, probably an inch bigger now. :)

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Ianab;1195019; said:
This is him a few months back, probably an inch bigger now. :)

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wow i never expected him to be this beautiful...thank you.........
 
Liz... are they going in w/Africans?
 
Muske;1242772; said:
Liz... are they going in w/Africans?

The Joselimaianus pleco is really getting to be a beauty..read next post.. i messed up!
 
Muske;1242772; said:
Liz... are they going in w/Africans?

The Joselimaianus pleco is in the 125gal Frontosa tank with two clown plecos and a large common They are all doing great..finally saw them all the other day out in the open..{The royal} is in with guppys eating algae and safe from harm.. probably put him in with severums and clown knife later on..when he is bigger...
 
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