were to find leapard sailfin??

[cudamaster13]

does anyone know were i could find a 5-6 inch leapard sailfin plec my lfs cant seem to find one it is one of my favorite plecs but cant find one

 

[matubula]

Assuming you mean a Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps, I find that quite surprising. In the UK you can barely give them away. I would try some classifieds, people are always trying to re-home them.

 

[Kanta]

Petco

 

[Warborg]

Petsmart is always selling them but at 2 inches.

 

[studd muffin]

They are super easy to find! I wonder how hard it is to find one in So Cal when almost all the good fish are there...

 

[Legomypleco]

dude i live in long beach. so cal same as you, go into ANY lfs and there are sailfins (gibbys) there

 

[yayfish24]

You can have mine.

 

[rideit6578]

^^

 

[cmsbthebest]

Don't they sell them at Petsmart and Petco?

 

[Ianab]

His problem is he wants a decent size one. All the ones the wholesalers will stock are farm raised 2" babies that people will be buying to stick in their 20gal tanks.

What you need to do is find one that's been traded in, or adopt one from a 20gal tank owner, once it's grown to 6".

Or buy a 2" one, stick it in a 20gal with a heavy duty filter and lots of food, and wait 3 months.

I'm assuming a baby one will be eaten in your tank, and that's why you want a bigger specimen.

Ian