Diesel I have a fishy Q?

[kerrie and stan]

Kerrie? What Lnumber Pleco you got? Male or female?

??? ??? sorry but i have no idea what you mean 😀

[Diesel73]

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Kerrie? What Lnumber Pleco you got? Male or female?

??? ??? sorry but i have no idea what you mean 😀
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Almost every pleco has a name and corresponding pleco identification number. Unlike mine, she a Hypostomus Plecostomus. Others got a L number. Like L022 the Glyptoperichthys joselimaianus or gold spot pleco  😉 .

[kerrie and stan]

uuurrrrmmmm ???

its a brown one with brown patchs and a big sailfin, sailfin pleq i think its called 😀

[Diesel73]

Than her number is either L083 or L165  😉 .

You must have a tank i would die for. Sailfin pleco (glyptoperichthys gibbiceps/ancistrus gibbiceps) needs a 550-600 Liter tank  :surprise: . They fully grown 40-50 centimeters and livespan is 25 even up to 35 years. Whàt a fish  :yes: .

[kerrie and stan]

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Than her number is either L083 or L165  😉 .

You must have a tank i would die for. Sailfin pleco (glyptoperichthys gibbiceps/ancistrus gibbiceps) needs a 550-600 Liter tank  :surprise: . They fully grown 40-50 centimeters and livespan is 25 even up to 35 years. Whàt a fish  :yes: .

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man i wish i had a tank like that but no its only a 60litre tank, perhaps its not a sailfin then ??? i realy have no idea, im sure the petshop said it was a sailfin :-\

[*Lassie*]

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Than her number is either L083 or L165  😉 .

You must have a tank i would die for. Sailfin pleco (glyptoperichthys gibbiceps/ancistrus gibbiceps) needs a 550-600 Liter tank  :surprise: . They fully grown 40-50 centimeters and livespan is 25 even up to 35 years. Whàt a fish  :yes: .

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man i wish i had a tank like that but no its only a 60litre tank, perhaps its not a sailfin then ??? i realy have no idea, im sure the petshop said it was a sailfin :-\
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Kerrie can you take a photo of it then maybe Diesel or Kiz can tell you what it is

[kerrie and stan]

i will try and get one tomorrow ;D

[kerrie and stan]

i cant get a decent picture of mine but this one is the same looking as my one

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Sailfin-pleco.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sailfin-pleco.jpg&usg=__-ykGa2iQOxZZQ8KR0PQaoMELPmY=&h=800&w=1390&sz=354&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=kYm2GQal1Pf0wM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsailfin%2Bpleco%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1

except mine hasent got the greeny/yellow colouring

[Diesel73]

How big is she/he? He fully grown? If not, how old is he?
Most ancistrus and plecos come in variaty of colours and marking. And in long fin variaty too  😉 . Very hard to see the difference when they are really small, and many are sold for a different species  ::)  .

Edit; thàt particular fish on you link is a specimen that will grow to 40-50 cm  😉 .

This a Hypostomus Plecostomus, my tigger;
[img width=350 height=468]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/Diesel73/Afb019-1.jpg[/img]
She still young, will grow up to 25-30cm fully grown. She needs a 250-300 liter tank.

Originaly i bought her as an Ancistrus dolichopterus L183. They grow up to 8-11 cm and looks very much, when small as good as identical, like hypostomus. Found out pret-ty fast she was NOT what i thought. This pic taken when she was not even 6 months old, only 3-4 if i remember correctly  🙂 .

[kerrie and stan]

ive had this one since about august but how old she/he was when i got it i dont know, its about 2-3inchs at the moment from head to tail

[Diesel73]

Since august, and it has grown no more? 2-3 inch… Than smaller than Ancistrus dolichopterus…. If it’s about 3-4 than it’s very probably an Ancistrus dolichopterus. Take a pic Kerrie, we need one  :yes: .

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