New Whiptail

[loach43]

These are starting to act a bit luvy-duvy

 

[WyldFya]

Can you get a closer picture of the one in the back? The front one looks like L. lata, but the back looks like l. cf. cataphracta due to its eye.

 

[SphericalCube]

Nice fish. . . beautiful.

 

[davo]

some can cross breed, as long as they both breed the same (some are lip breeders, some spawn like other plecos etc)

 

[davo]

did you buy them at different times?

 

[loach43]

The one in the back is the same one I posted at the beginning of this thread. The front one was purchased one week later from the same LFS only from a different shipment. I beleive that one is indeed different. The other two not pictured look more like the front one and were purchased at the same time. Will try to get a side by side comparison photo thing when I get a chance. We need a taxonomy geek in here!

 

[davo]

its like bristlenose plecs. if you want to get a pair, its best to get them all in the same batch, because if you cant really tell, chances are higher they will be the same sp.

 

[WyldFya]

But also chances are higher that inbreeding will occur.

 

[davo]

actually its a small chance. unless your buying from a person who is breeding 2 plecs and selling them. theyre usually either wild caught, or bred at farms (depending on the plec)

 

[WyldFya]

A lot of times when they are caught wild, they are caught as small babies, that have recently hatched, and they will all be from the same batch.