Hi Everyone, thank you for your input.

The fish on top was sold by the shop as Opsodoras leporhinus from Peru.

The long catfish a the bottom was only called Leptodoras. it does not have the long dorsal fin ray so not L. juruensis but all the other species look very similar!

Thank you again!

Hi, just bought the two catfish species below.I believe they belong to the family doradidae, but which species? Thank you

Hi there! I have a snowball pleco (L-142, LDA-033) about 4 inches long. I also have a large gold nugget pleco (about 5-6 inches long) which keeps bullying the snowball. Anyone interested in buying the snowball? I live in the Portsmouth (Hampshire) area. If anyone is interested I can post pictures an...

I don't know if there are hybrids which look like these fish but I am almost sure they are pure species as they turn up occasionally in my local fish shops. To be honest I would be interested to know whether they are queen arabesque or monte dourado but I would probably need to see both species toge...

I have a female and a male which look identical to your pleco. I bought them as "queen arabesque (L260) but I suspect they are Monte Dourado. Not an expert though...

Hi Tagamasid,

Thank you for the pictures. The differences in the sexes appear to be rather subtle...I was expecting a difference in the length of the snout which is apparent in L joselimae...anyway, my fish is about 2.5 inches long. Cheers

JAC: Yes, I have read that colour differences can be used to differentiate between male and female, however I expected this to be more subtle, the other two fish were definitely darker. Since you have a pair are there any other differences I should look for? The other two fish in the shop were sligh...

Thank you. Great news, I was hoping it would be L. heterodon. There were three Leporacanthicus individuals in the dealer's shop but the other two were much darker in colouration so I was not sure about the species. Hopefully it will settle down quickly as it looks a bit skinny ( I assume it is wild ...

I just bought this lovely pleco which I believe is a Leporacanthicus, could someone kindly help me identify the species? Thank you in advance.

Taz wrote:He is gorgeous, mind me asking where you bought him?

Hi, bought it from Maidenhead Aquatics Fareham

Ok, thank you everyone for their input. I am glad to hear that my gut feeling was correct...I have recently caught the L number bug and being able to differentiate between peckoltia and Panaqolus is definietly a giant step!

Would you say it is definitely Panaqolus and not Peckoltia? Yes I would. Thank you. The reason I ask is because the LFS I bought it from had it listed as Peckoltia vittata. I had the feeling that this was wrong and asked the guy if he was sure of the ID. He said that he bought them from someone in ...

racoll wrote:

Panaqolus sp(l169)

, or something similar.

Thank you Racoll. Would you say it is definitely Panaqolus and not Peckoltia?

I just bought this lovely fish and I hope somebody can help me get the correct ID. Thanks in advance.

Hi Silurus, thank you for your suggestion. I have to say that as a recent fan of L numbers, I find this business very confusing! I have looked around and found at least 3 other L numbers that match the looks of my fish. They could be L270 as suggested, however many of the pictures I have seen show t...

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According to the shop these fishes were wild-caught in Brazil. They are currently around 1 1/2 inches long.

I recently bought these plecos. They were sold as L066 king tiger plecos. However I have seen king tiger plecos before and look very different. The black and white in my plecos is very contrasting, almost zebra pleco-like but with different pattern. What do you think? Fish 1 DSCF2076.JPG DSCF2077.JP...

Hi all, I just wanted to say that I have read many people say that gold nuggets are very difficult to keep and thought I would share my experiences. I kept 3 of these fishes for three years in a 200 l tank and they were fine and healthy until unfortunately they died due to a filter and air pump stop...

What a lovely fish.... I could be tempted with one of those. Where did it come from? Thank you. I got it from Aquajardin Southampton. The picture was taken the day I bought it so the fish was a bit skinny and stressed. Hopefully after settling down and being treated to a diet of frozen worms and pl...

Hi. Looks like Hypancistrus sp(l201) to me.

Thank you. I was almost sure it would be a Hypancistrus species which is good news since it will not grow large.

Hi everyone. I was hoping someone would be able to ID this pleco for me. I bought it a few days ago as "snowball pleco" so I thought it was H inspector (the body shape and eyes are similar to this species) however once I brought it home realised the spots are yellow not white so not sure. ...

@ matsP - well, I am not an expert - hopefully I will be one day :roll: I just had never seen so many different catfish species stocked at the same time in one shop. I spoke to one of the members of the staff and he told me that the manager was a catfish fan and he tried to get as many catfish as po...

@ Richard B - Just opened a new topic listing the catfish stock of Aquajardin southampton - I visited the shop today

sidguppy wrote:no REAL catfish?

as in "CAT" fish.....the nocturnal whiskery denizens of the dark and murky waters that softly growl in the night...


typical stocklist; could be any Dutch LFS.

same same.

Pacience is a virtue....I am watching the Arsenal game and am not good at multitasking

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Synodontis angelicus
S. eupterus
S. brichardi
S. alberti
S. flavitaeniatus
S. decora

AND THAT'S IT!!!

CONTINUED Ogre catfish asterophyus batrachus irwin's megalodoras Megalodoras uranoscopus Peruvian galaxias pleco Plecostomus sp mustard spot pleco panaque albomaculatus Pimelodus pictus Bumblebee catfish microglanis iheringi filamentosus whiptail lamotichthys filamentosus Clown peckoltia Peckoltia v...

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Corydoras axeldrodi
C. pygmaeus
C. deckeri
C. trliniatus
C. metae
C. melini
C. arcuatus
C. rabauti
Brochis multiradiatus
B. splendeus

I mentioned in another topic that I just found out this shop stocks lots of catfish species. Someone requested to open a topic listing the species they have. So, I went back today with a notebook and listed their catfish stock. Here it goes: L141 whitefin pleco Anastomus snethlagacea L14 Sunshine pl...

just discovered a new shop in my area (Aquajardin) which has a huge variety of rare catfish species. @ Pez Gato - you could start a thread in "Speak Easy" listing what cats you've seen & where. This always generates interest as people are always on the look out for specific species &a...

Hi everyone, I am a new member of this forum. I live in Southampton, Hampshire but originally from Mexico. Due to space constraints at the moment I only have a small tank with tetras, a few corys and one bristlenose pleck which is getting too big for its tank. I just discovered a new shop in my area...