Hi all, I spotted this Plec in a local Indian restaurant and wondered if anyone can ID it...
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I'm amazed at how different she looks in all the pictures I take. If I didn't know better I'd have said there are 3 of them!!

Another pic...

Martin S wrote:FYI
If you put the between the youtube tags, like this:

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[youtube]D7fxngmpL90[/youtube]

you'll get :

HTH
Martin

Thanks for the info Martin

MatsP wrote:I have no idea. Use a proper computer, perhaps? ;)

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Mats

Thanks for that LOL

is this any better? It's a new vid showing the lack of bristles!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7fxngmpL90

Hi mats

I'm posting from an iPhone using tapatalk and there is no option to add anything other than a url.

Is there a way I can post a proper link via tapatalk?

Thanks,
Matt

djtonyel wrote:i thnik your fish is Ancistrus triradiatus a female one

Triradiatus- My thoughts exactly ( having browsed the cat-elog).

Not sure about male/female as it's only 2.5" long at the moment.

I've got a video of him eating an algae wafer...


[Mod edit: use youtube tags rather than broken URL tags --Mats]

Voted

Finally got a photo of it's sucker...

Mats do you have any links for beginner care for the ancistrus species?

So far (day 3) he/she won't eat either broccoli stem or algae wafers. He/she seems only to eat the very small amount of algae on my bogwood (and maybe the bogwood itself).

Last two for tonight...

And a few more

Here are some extra photos as promised...

The more I look at him/her the more I think it looks like this - http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/im ... ge_id=2540

I'll post new pics tomorrow if I can get any he/she was a little camera shy tonight.

Ok, for size it is about 2 1/2" long

It's colour was grey/brown when stressed (in the LFS and when released into my tank) then it settled down to the deep brown colour in the other photo.

As for different, it seemed to have a wider head than the others in the tank and its colour was lighter ...

I guess it serves me right for picking the one that looks different!

Thanks very much Mats for your advice

Matt

Someone on another forum has suggested that it is a rubber lip pleco. Some of these species seem so similar and quite often two pics of the same species look completely different!!

MatsP wrote:Probably a common

Ancistrus cf_cirrhosus

- that's the same species as the "long fin", but with normal length fins.

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Mats

So is that a common BN Pleco then?

I just want to be sure as I'd like to make sure I'm caring for him/her correctly.

Hi all, I've just picked up a pleco that the LFS sold as a longfin bristlenose pleco. I've had a look at some threads on various forums and I think it looks like a LDA072 but I'm a newbie to plecos so I'm looking for some more knowledgeable opinions.

Photos attached...

Thanks in advance.
Matt