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Saw my lfs had a tank lableled vamprire plecos the other day when I went to buy him he was gone.
So the owner which isnt very pleco illiterate called to order more and she said they have angelicus plecos instead I said that would be fine as they are smaller.
How do I ID this guy for sure?
Here is a picture of him still in his bag in the tank.

Thanks,
Connie

That looks like L007/L029 (they're the same fish). Leproacanthicus galaxias is called the vampire pleco because of the large "fang" like tooth that can sometimes be seen protruding from the fish's mouth.

I like either one if it is a angelicus I have a smaller tank for him if it is the vampire I have a 125 gallon he will look nice in when full grown.
Connie

He has the tusks like the vampire but alot of my plecos have this which is just two long pieces of skin. he has a very long mouth alot differnt then the plecos I own.
I got him for $27 I think a great deal considering I see them going for $60 on the net.
He is a Q tank with a red fin cactus pleco.
He is also in with a snail the size of a baseball, I see they like to eat snails will he bother such a large snail?
Connie

hey .. did that happen to be petland by any chance? .. if not where?

A small local fishstore in Northern Illinois her newest thing seems to be to carry odd pleco which I love!!, I have never bought fish from Petland.
Connie

Do you know where Harvard Illinois is?
Connie

Connie wrote:Do you know where Harvard Illinois is?
Connie

yes i do ... the reason i ask is because i am dying want of a vampire pleco for a good price

She said she usually keeps them in stock but she got the shipment in today and there was only the one which I told her I was going to buy.
I can ask her.
The place is called Pet Paradise.
Connie

that would be very cool if you could ask her .. i would hate to travel 1hour+ to find out they don't have any in stock .. thanks

Not a problem, feel free to email me
Connie

I guess I dont know how to read, can this thread be moved to What is my catfish?
Sorry about that
Connie

hey .. i was gonna email you but you don't have you email address posted .. anyhow .. did you get a chance to see if pet paradise is going to be getting any more vampires for that price?

I will call tomorrow the ownner wasent there today, If anything I know they go fast when she gets them, any ideas if you could get out here on Thursday? She gets her shipment in around 2:00pm, if not I could pick him up for you and stick him in my Q tank.
Connie

my email addy is [email protected]
BTW does anyone know what a Hong Kong pleco looks like?
Does it have an L #?
Connie

Hillstream Loach.

thank you, are they an actual loach or catfish? never cared for them much as I have seen them in petshops before.
Connie

They are balitorid loaches. Not catfish. Depending on the genus, they are either from Borneo, or from southern China.

Connie wrote:my email addy is [email protected]
BTW does anyone know what a Hong Kong pl*co looks like?
Does it have an L #?
Connie

Connie,

Every now and again I wade into a post with my moderator hat on. In this post you have posted personally in a way that would have been much better accomplished via private messages. See code of conduct - we are trying to keep trivial or uncessesary posting to a minimum.

Additionally, your email address is stored under the email button - you don't need to post it. Hong kong plecos ain't catfish as Silurus has explained. Asking what they look like is going to take this way off topic, if you really need to, post a new topic in the speak easy. But a simple search on google.com will turn up loads of pictures of them.

As these fish are loaches and not catfish they aren't going to have an L-number.

I'm not picking on you, its just bad luck this one caught my eye , but I do want to try and keep things things under control.

Jools

Jools not arguing with you but I asked if a Hong Kong pleco had an L-# before I was told it was a hillstream loach, since it is called both a loach and a pleco after I was told it was a hillstream loach I then asked which one it was, that was all.
Sorry to get things off topic wont happen again.
I know of other loach forums and would not get on a loach topic here.
Connie

Jools wrote: Additionally, your email address is stored under the email button - you don't need to post it.

you are quite wrong about that .. YOU maybe able to see it due to the fact that your an admin .. but us normal peons cannot access is ;)

I'm afraid you are mistaken instead. If you look just below Connie's post (and not in the profile), there is an email button that everyone can see regardless of whether or not you're an admin (or a moderator).