Xingu Royal Pleco vs Blue Eyed Pleco
- Thread starter JasonsPlecosCichlids
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Woah. Beware though. BEC (10") is one of, if not the only fish I kept it's so aggressive it beaten 4 10" parrot cichlids so bad I need to remove him from the tank (Luckily, the bigger BES is in separate tank from the beginning, lucky for chichlids I guess). It's hilarious to see him swim right up and try to scratch them with his odontodes though.
The abbreviation is two identify two species which are both blue eyed and are panaques
Bec is panaque cochliodon
Bes is panaque suttonorum
BEC = Smooth one from Columbia
BES = Spiky one from Venezuela
Despite having different eating habits and looks, both of them are very aggressive. It's either horde of Panaque in the tank or on of it alone.
BTW, nice Xingu. No serious issues between them, I presume?
BES = Spiky one from Venezuela
Despite having different eating habits and looks, both of them are very aggressive. It's either horde of Panaque in the tank or on of it alone.
BTW, nice Xingu. No serious issues between them, I presume?
No, that was just the initial fight with the new guy going in, it last about 2 hours, no damage though and he looked fine this morning just chewing away on the wood. He does this to all new comers around his size. I added the Gold Spot and Chocolate and he didn't even pay any attention to them. I noticed when he acts normal and on the glass, his belly is big and full but last night it looked sunken it, not sure if they are able to make themselves look a tiny bit bigger or he was just not happy, his belly was back to normal this morning. I got this is as a BEC.
