Which Gold Nugget?

[Mudfrog]

Just picked this guy up, I noticed Planet Catfish lists 3 different L#'s as Gold Nugget Pleco's. I think it's the L177 but I would love to have the L081 but the spots are large which makes me think L177 but I don't know how accurate that is. What do you think?

 

[Nic]

cant say what L # buts its very very nice...

 

[WyldFya]

How big is it? I'd say it looks like L018.

 

[Mudfrog]

Maybe 2.5-3", the people over at pleco fanatics think L018 as well. Do these really get up to 14"? I hope so lol.

 

[WyldFya]

At that size, it would be an L018. They 'can' attain a size of 14", but it is unlikely in captivity.

 

[koop171]

I'm going with L18 also. I would love to see a 14" captive grown GN. they gett pretty big spines when they get big (acording to the planetcatfish pics)

 

[Trippingpara]

L018 = Medium spot Gold Nugget
L081 = Small spot Gold Nugget
L177 = Large spot Gold Nugget.

I would agree with the others, that looks like an L018. Nice one!

 

[Mudfrog]

Cool. The pic of the adult on Planet Catfish is killer, hope it turns out like that.

Here's another pic..

 

[Kevaldo]

nice L018