sorry i don't have a picture but wonder if someone could help me!!!!
i bought a tiny plec at the lfs.....about 2 inches, light brown, and rather a round, not pinted snout...when on the glass, his shoulder fins???? (sorry i don't know what else to callthem) flare up, forming a CIRCLE around his head??? lacy and pretty but doesn't look at all like the "butterfly pleco" in the cat-e-log here??? he is very active and i like him to death, but wish i knew what he was.....anyone???
ellie
butterfly pl*co???
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He is probably a hill stream loach. You can find more information about him at http://www.loaches.com. They actually aren't a pleco at all. They're neat little fish that like well oxygenated water with some current, IME. Hope that helps 
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barbie...thanks..
Yes barbie i do think that is him......i never thought of loaches....i am fairly new at the hobby.....he is a cute little guy....fights everyone off for his food!!!!! i call him bully......now to research on him....i do have a lot of current in the tank, but i am not sure of the adult size so i will look further on this....thanks again!!!!
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The Marts around where I live are currently selling
these fish as "vampire plecostomous," which is,
at the least, false advertising. I paid my bi-weekly
visit to the customer service department to ask
them to correct the identification.
I brought three home, after waiting nearly 45 minutes
for the salesperson to catch them! They didn't want
to let go of the glass.
Kathy S
The Marts around where I live are currently selling
these fish as "vampire plecostomous," which is,
at the least, false advertising. I paid my bi-weekly
visit to the customer service department to ask
them to correct the identification.
I brought three home, after waiting nearly 45 minutes
for the salesperson to catch them! They didn't want
to let go of the glass.
Kathy S
"Animals without backbones hid from each other or fell down."
You are all so good here!!!......i am glad to hear that they don't grow very large, as i only have a 10 gal tank.....he is buzzing around there like he owns the place, hahahah as i said he chases everyone else away...i have 2 cories, 1 dwarf gourami and a few endlers.....so i think this will be good for him....i think he should be ok alone? though i think somewhere that it said he likes cooler water and "friends".........i don't dare do that though...............my heart was bigger than my tank....i will have to watch it...it is so hard to remember that fishes grow!!!!!.....thanks everyone
ellie
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