help with id of pleco please

jrraidt · Post by **jrraidt** » 20 Sep 2004, 13:57

I have 2 plecos right now in my 95 gallon tank. One I know is a gibbecept but not sure of the other one. Could you please help me, thankyou.

jrraidt · Post by **jrraidt** » 20 Sep 2004, 14:02

ok How do you post a pic in this site, new here and it is different than the sites that refered me to here. Stupid question but thanks
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jont1b · Post by **jont1b** » 20 Sep 2004, 14:06

hi a look at this article at the top of the forum it's very useful - Posting pictures in the forum

Jon.

jrraidt · Post by **jrraidt** » 20 Sep 2004, 14:20

Ok the picture is the top plecoon the bottom of the page, that is the one I am trying to id, the bottom one is my gibbecept a L038 I believe. Thankyou http://richard78741.tripod.com/id8.html

Post by **Silurus** » 20 Sep 2004, 14:25

A very nicely patterned .

jrraidt · Post by **jrraidt** » 20 Sep 2004, 14:41

Thanks for such a quick response, yes he is a very friendly plec, and I like his markings, he is good friends with my gibbecept pleco. I also have 2 albino longfin bristlenoses in my 40 gallon tank. One more stupid question for my record ( record of dumb ???)

. Is a bristlenose just that? I hear people refer to them as bristlenose plecos.

And why the pl*co instead of the true spelling?

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 21 Sep 2004, 06:46

Hi!

No these are often refered as common pl*co.
Brsitlenose are species of the genus Ancistrus such as for exemple the common one:

pl*co is a easy name to remember... especially for shops, so they basically over use it...
adding other word to it... Tiger pl*co, zebra pl*co etc...

Actually we shall say pl*co when refering to

Cheers
Yann

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 21 Sep 2004, 13:21

Hi!

Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps
doesn't have a L number.

L038 is a Peckoltia sp.