Clown pleco or not?

flyinmike · Post by **flyinmike** » 11 Oct 2003, 14:33

When I got this fellow he was a 1.5" Candy-stripe (according to LFS I don't go to very often). It didn't take long to realize that he wasn't a candy stripe. He is now 3" and I believe him to be a Panaque maccus clown pleco (I use panaque instead of panaqulos due to the on-going debate over those names).

Is that a correct ID and what is the L-number? I didn't see one listed under P. maccus.

Post by **Silurus** » 11 Oct 2003, 14:37

Pic not available. Can you host it somewhere else?

BTW, L104/L162/LDA22 are all P. maccus.

flyinmike · Post by **flyinmike** » 11 Oct 2003, 14:50

Darn! I have emailed a name and password to corydorasworld. as soon as I'm set up I will try posting it that way.

cory411 · Post by **cory411** » 11 Oct 2003, 14:51

Does it look like this?

I think this is an LDA-22, the place where I bought it just called this a "clown pleco."

Good luck.

Post by **Silurus** » 11 Oct 2003, 15:05

Cory411, that is not P maccus (or LDA22), it's Zonancistrus (or Dekeyseria) pulcher (L168).

flyinmike · Post by **flyinmike** » 11 Oct 2003, 15:05

No. As best as I can tell mine looks like some of the photos in the Cat-eLog under P. maccus.

cory411 · Post by **cory411** » 11 Oct 2003, 15:10

Silurus wrote:Cory411, that is not P maccus (or LDA22), it's Zonancistrus (or Dekeyseria) pulcher (L168).

I believe you're right. I came here looking for an answer....and got one.

flyinmike · Post by **flyinmike** » 11 Oct 2003, 17:39

http://www.corydorasworld.com/planetcat ... 122/clown2

I can't seem to get it to work but here's the link to the pic.

cory411 · Post by **cory411** » 11 Oct 2003, 18:58

Mike, your fish are amazing and the tank(what I could see of it) looks great. Do you have pictures of the tank posted on that site as well?

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 11 Oct 2003, 20:18

HI!

Yes It is a Panaque maccus
Cheers
Yann