pleco id

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pleco id

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hello probably really simple for you experts but im clueless im sure he is prolly just a common pleco but i dunno you tell me he is almost 4 years old and is about 12-13inches long thanks in advance

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It's a snow king pleco ().
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thank you man i appreciate it now only 2 more questions if you please
1. can you tell if its male or female? prolly not lol
2. can i have other plecos in the tank with him? i have my eye on this yellow pleco and also a gold nugget i want to get but someone told me that the plecos are territorial and would fight alot? is this true? i hope not i really want the other plecosbut if its going to be a problem i guess he will be all alone lol once again thanks!
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Post by Yann »

Hi!
You can sex them by looking at the genital papilla

Before adding any other fish, can you tell us how big is your tank?

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ok right now they are in a 55 gal tank but he is the only large fish in the tank all the other fish are less then 4 inches right now i plan on locating them to a bigger tank as the fish grow i know all the little fishies are gonna get alot bigger tinfoil barbs 5 bala sharks6 clown loach4 and the problem irredescant shark4 ( now that i find they get to be like upto 52" so i think im gonna try taking them back to the LFS cuz im not gonna be able to house them when they get huge!
he has been in this tank since he /she was about 2 inches long i have had this tank setup and running now fro almost 6 years i previously had african cichlids sold them to a cichlid guy in my neck of the woods recently i just got tired of all the damn digging and tearing up the tank that seemed to enjoy doing so much hehehe i have experience with fish just not these fish and the idiot at the lfs told me the id sharks only get about 8 10 inches lmao what a F-ing LIAR!
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yannfulliquet wrote:Hi!
You can sex them by looking at the genital papilla


Yann
can you tell me if you can tell by this photo?

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