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[Phyllonemus, posts: 281]

I'm checking this out for somebody else who wants to know wich Loricaridae he owns.

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What's the name and if possible the gender ?

[sidguppy, posts: 3827]

Pterygoplichthys pardalis aka common Pleco

gender is hard to see, when adult you could look at the genital papilla, but you'd need a few specimen to compare.

it's also irrelevant, since the only way to breed these is by keeping several in a pond with muddy edges; the male will dig out a horizontal tunnel in the mudwall with a spawning chamber at the end


you need an outside pond to breed these......for obvious reasons that cannot be done in the Netherlands

[Phyllonemus, posts: 281]

Thanks Lex.