Pseudorinelecis pellegrini L-095

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Hey, find it annoyingly difficult to find information about this beauty on the net. Was hopin you pleco fanatics could shed some light in my general direction. I don't wanna pay up the butt for this fish and then have it slowly wither and die on me because I didn't know its proper husbandry or what to feed it.

I'm not sure if its more of a plant based diet or if i should have more meat based in its diet. Do they need wood in their diet like that panaques do? Hit me up with all the info you can indulge on these gorgeous fish. Thankz!

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hey bro, i can only help you half way.
a long time back i ordered a L95 cuz of their beauty. When i got the call from the lfs that they arrived i was super happy! that changed when i entered the store and found the L152. This fish looks like L95 qua body but not qua color. It appears to be the same fish but from a different harvest area.
So now i have this L152 for a long time and its a great fish! i think the L95 will be the same. It is very easy going and will eat whatever i throw in. It doesnt seem to prefer meat over pellets or the other way around. He is very gentle with the other fish and seems to be quite subdominant to my 2 other plecs (panaques).

maybe not what you wanted to hear but i hope it still helps :)
 
Thankz man, you answered a lot of questions actually. I was concerned about their aggression towards each other, diet, and ultimately max size. Its great that they aren't aggressive towards other fish, because I wouldn't really like it if they were harassing my Hoplarchus psittacus. Is there any foods in particular that you have noticed they are fond of? Any other tips of success? Do's and don'ts? Thankz very much for your quick reply! Much appreciated!!

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i dont think he will herass your other fish. I must add that mine is the only one in the tank that will sometimes suck on my polypterus. Nothing serious and as soon as the polyp moves, he will quit. he will not really hunt or chase the polyp but sometimes, when the polyp is just under him, he will land on him and start sucking.
As for food, mines loves: hikari pellets, tetra pellets, shrimp and mussel.
Mine seems to like water changes. I do 2x 40% a week and when i do so, most of the time he will hang under the tap water inlet together with my panaque. He probably recognises that wc means food.
I did read they can become quite big. A fully grown L95 can reach up to 45-50cm. Ive seen several pics of specimens close to 40cm.
 
They have a small suction/disk compared to their size, so my guess is that they come from rather still water. I've seen some of mine (at all sizes) swim upside down to feed at the surface, something I've seen only in common plecs otherwise. They are very peaceful, and don't bully other plecs either their size or smaller. At large sizes they are quite bold. At smaller (4") sizes they actually hide a great deal. They are NOT outstanding algae eaters, and I've fed them various foods such as krill, bananas, zucchini/squash, and sinking pellets from Hikari. Their waste (when kept with wood) shares the consistency of a panaques', so I assume they ingest at least a little wood when rasping.

I've also had the great fortune on a few 12"+ ones to pick leeches out of the inside of the sucking disk ... great fun!

J
 
interesting! ive also seen mine swimming upside down near he surface! and mine seems to gasp for air every now and then (no, its not oxygen shortage :)).
 
Mouth size is a better indicator of lifestyle habits rather than habitat; just look at hypancistrus and junior panaque (also, non dentex "panaque"). They live in some of the faster flowing streams in South America, and yet bear tiny mouths, which is derivable from their cave dwelling personas. The teeth of p. genibarbis are thin and cusped, much like that of scobinancistrus only on a far smaller scale, with hundreds of them lining the upper and lower dental plates. Being a primitive species, its dietary habits are more or less generalized and thus, their teeth, as can be seen above, are sufficient both as an abrasive and tearing agent, giving the species a wide breadth of food from which to choose.
 
I believe its Pseudorinelepis genibarbis the pellegrini came from some european ichthyologist(?), but just a synonym. the They main be seen going up for air as they can gulp air to breathe. I did read somewhere they can survive a very long time outside of water, and also be suprisingly tolerant to poorer/muddier water conditions (not that the home you'd give it be either peanut). I believe the max size for one is 35-45 cm, but the datz magazine lists at 20"? Behaviour wise, depends on the pleco i guess ranging from very active and quite free swimming, to a very shy non-moving plec, although i've seen them take food from midwater range. They are a great plec to keep, but some young'uns don't have the orange cheek. There was a L95 vs L152 debate, as they are so similar as juveniles and that the L95 was the adult form, although some appeared to turn different again... i cant remember what the end result was or if there was one? Stiffy?
 
I never saw an end result to that debate. The L095 p. genibarbis is the valid name, which p. pellegrini is a synonym. Very easy going plecs, and as a whole fairly active. I have seen my adonis skim the surface for food as well as commons, and p. genibarbis.
 
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