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ownbigfish

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I want to know:

what kind of Plecos have Fat/Big head?

what plecos grow whiskers?

I know that Royal plecos do, but what other plecos grow whiskers.

I want to find one for my tank.
 
How big is your tank and what kind of fich are there in ?
How is your filtration and current ?
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ownbigfish;3616802; said:
I want to know:

what kind of Plecos have Fat/Big head?

what plecos grow whiskers?

I know that Royal plecos do, but what other plecos grow whiskers.

I want to find one for my tank.
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Try planetcatfish.com or a google search.

But Panaques generally are the whisker growers.. in face the biggest..
 
ownbigfish;3617368; said:
tank is 90 gallon

i'll check out at planetcatfish.com

oh, so panaque is a type of pleco. jus learned that. lol
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Panaque is a sub species of pleco, theres too many to name.. but wood eaters are Panaque and most of that subgroup have wiskers.

EX: Royal Panaque L-190
Dull Eye Royal L-191
Watermelon Royal L-330
Papa Panaque L-90
Blue Panaque L-239
Brazil Royal L-27
LDA-65 Panaque (unknown name)

Another subgroup is Hypancistrus, ex L-201, L339

There is one species with fangs, L171 Hopliancistrus Tricornis

Also note that All pleco with whiskers means full adults.. whiskers are males as well.
 
zerojquan85;3617386; said:
Panaque is a sub species of pleco, theres too many to name.. but wood eaters are Panaque and most of that subgroup have wiskers.

EX: Royal Panaque L-190
Dull Eye Royal L-191
Watermelon Royal L-330
Papa Panaque L-90
Blue Panaque L-239
Brazil Royal L-27
LDA-65 Panaque (unknown name)
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Panaque is a genus of the Loricariid (pleco) family, eg:

Genus: Panaque
Species: nigrolineatus

Genus: Hypancistrus
Species: zebra

A while back the genus was split to into Panaque (large ones, royals etc) and Panaqolus (small one, L002 etc) but then they reverted back just to Panaque.

L239 is a Baryancistrus despite its common name.

Apart from royals the only other pleco (I can think of) that has a big/fat head are Pseudorinelepis genibarbis aka L095 and L152. Most pleco develop 'whiskers' but its mainly royals who get the big 'whiskers'.
 
matubula;3617415; said:
Panaque is a genus of the Loricariid (pleco) family, eg:

Genus: Panaque
Species: nigrolineatus

Genus: Hypancistrus
Species: zebra

A while back the genus was split to into Panaque (large ones, royals etc) and Panaqolus (small one, L002 etc) but then they reverted back just to Panaque.

L239 is a Baryancistrus despite its common name.


Apart from royals the only other pleco (I can think of) that has a big/fat head are Pseudorinelepis genibarbis aka L095 and L152. Most pleco develop 'whiskers' but its mainly royals who get the big 'whiskers'.
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ah.. thanks for clarifying that up..
 
For 90 gallons most panaques are too big, Ancistrus also grow nice whiskers :)
 
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