Royal Plecos

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That's mine in the avatar. Does anyone else out there wish that royals came in purple? I love it when they have satan red eyes. Mine has carmel colored eyes (more wishful "photoshopping" on my part). If anyone happens to know the L# for mine please let me know. I've seen similar ones referred to by their owners as "broken line royal plecos". Yes, wood is a MUST! I'm also compelled to say give your Royal good water movement too. I had pretty good movent going on in my tank when I first got mine but my less than satified royal was always hanging around at the top with his face next to the powerhead. I doubled the water movement with a seperate pump and an Xtra large airstone. Now he happily grazes around on the bottom like a happy PleKK should. When I say good water movement, I mean like more than you would think (or atleast what I thought) like the kind of movement you would give a hillstream loach! :thumbsup:
 
I think yours is a L027b. Olive Royal Pleco, Teles Pires Royal Pleco
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I picked it up yesterday. $3.99 baby. Anyway, it's doing great. It hasn't touched the zuchinni yet, but he's been gnawing at the drift wood in there for a while now. Pics tonight!
 
Congrats. Thats pretty cheap, the cheapest ones I have seen were 15-20 dollers and were babys. How big is yours?
 
Congrats on your new Royal TG. Also thanx for the ID info sandtiger. The pic you posted certainly bears some similarities to my royal, particularly the tail. Mine is much darker in color. His body gets so dark sometimes that its hard to see that he has lines, especially when he tries to camoflage himself against the black gravel while I'm vacuuming the tank. I originally wanted one with more contrast and red eyes but I couldn't resist taking this one home since it had such smooth, flawless and flaring fins. He was also healthy, fat and relatively active. Couldn't pass this specimen up when I saw it. I'll be an older man when he reaches 12 inches!

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ACK gotta install the camera software on this computer. Tomorrow guys...


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loach43...looking at your royal..it should be L191 from Columbia...the eyes should be darkish purple, almost black sometimes..body color is commonly greenish/olive..darker or fairer shade depending on environment and specimens...
aint the same from the one sandtiger posted, if u notice, the shape is quite different..
 
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