Did you know fantastic help is an anagram of Planet Catfish? This forum is for those of you with pictures of your catfish who are looking for help identifying them. There are many here to help and a firm ID is the first step towards keeping your catfish in the best conditions.
You all have been AWESOME to me. I really appreciate it. It's so cool to be surrounded by so much knowledge and experience. While I'm at it, I may as well ask about my other plecostomus... When I bought it, it was marked "White Dot" Plecostomus. I really haven't been able to find anything using "White Dot" as even a common name. But when looking, I found some to be called Galaxy and some to be called Snowball. I felt like mine was closest to a Snowball, but that was just be trying to compare pictures. It was mostly just a guess. So, I was hoping some of you might be able to tell me if I guessed correctly or not.
One of my current favorites, though I do not keep any!
Wow! Just like that and you've tracked it down! Does it have a "common" name? Also, can you tell if the one I have is male or female?
Thanks!
Cat-eLog says it's called "Big White Spot Pleco". I'd also expect it's one of many plecs that has been sold as a snowball plec. To the second question, I think the fish is too young.
- Milton Tan
Research Scientist @ Illinois Natural History Survey