Gotta love him, if it is a him. Pity my large discus think anything going in to the tank is food. His gold tail was just too tasty looking. It's growing back slowly and they're use to him now.

thats one nice fish!

Thanks a lot, it use to live here: http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/meet-t ... 17127.html

impressive shop, must admit to only having time to see albany hollywood but the animal shack looks right up there! hope your discus leave him alone he's far too nice to have a munted tail!

Hehe

Glow in the dark?

Dam what a kool cat, how big will nugget get? :lol:

I call him nuggy (nugg-ee)

Well this site says 20cm http://www.fishforever.co.uk/goldnuggetpleco.html,

this site says 35cm

http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Scobinancistrus.html,

and this site says 20-30cm

http://www.aqua-fish.net/show.php?what= ... g=2&id=218

:roll:

There are three types of gold nugget plecos:

L081 - small spots

L085/L018 - medium spots

L177 - large spot

and this depends on what part of the river you find them in

you show off :lol: did you know the locals eat them when they are big, expensive meal but i guess not to them.

man very nice pleco luke i just got me another yesterday a snowflake LDA33 i think man for some reason im hooked on them now :lol:

I call him nuggy (nugg-ee)

Well this site says 20cm http://www.fishforever.co.uk/goldnuggetpleco.html,

this site says 35cm

http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Scobinancistrus.html,

and this site says 20-30cm

http://www.aqua-fish.net/show.php?what= ... g=2&id=218

:roll:

I've only ever seen them as small ones, does anyone have a larger one??

thanks notorious yep I know the locals eat them... such a waste. They taste quite leathery and it's an acquired taste. Pirranhas taste a lot better, at least at first.

Yup Brian check out this beauty out of the wild:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/im ... ge_id=5820

I have had one for about 2 years, after their initial growth spurt they dont grow very fast, nice looking fish though

Does anyone know if the various L numbers with regard to golden nuggets will readily spawn with one another? Or does small spot have to go with small spot? I assume they interbreed.

thanks notorious yep I know the locals eat them... such a waste. They taste quite leathery and it's an acquired taste. Pirranhas taste a lot better, at least at first.

Yup Brian check out this beauty out of the wild:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/im ... ge_id=5820

That things a monster. Awesome

I dont think it would really matter dude. If you were to breed nuggets (cross bred or not) you would be a legend anyway. They have to be pretty big before they breed tho and fish that size just arent available here. You would just have to wait a long long time for them to get to the right size. I'm sure some of the three species would interbreed given the chance

Thanks man. Yeah from what I've read overseas it's pretty unheard of. Although I think Gannet told me someone in NZ use to breed them but there wasn't much of a market. How big do they have to be before they'll breed? Mine's about 12cm

I think if someone was to breed them here there would be a pretty decent market for them. Lots of people want these fish but just cant afford the price tag of the imported ones. Locally bred would be a lot cheaper and look at the comments you have had about your nugget on here, people love them, so i dont think it would be a hard fish to sell.

I read about some guy that bred them by accident ( lucky #@*%) but cant remember what size they were. I have heard that a rough guide for fancy plecs is that they will breed at around half or just over half of their max size. So if nuggets max out about 30cm maybe 15cm or so, just a guess. Males have the spines though and every fish i have seen in pics with spines looks huge. Just a bunch of thoughts really haha. Goodluck with it mate

this is one fish i'd happilly assist in breeding, if your serious about it luke let me know and i'll find me a pair as well

LUKE! ilah said in the 'what catfish do you own' thread, this

-1 gold nugget (for sale if anyone is keen)

Buy it and breed them! Im in for kids!!

Nice fish BTW

Thanks evilknieval69.. pm'd

hey luke, hes looking very good, i did a bit of research on him when we had him and from what i could find he maxs out between 22 and 28cm,

i had a guy come into the shop about 4times and him and hi wife both said at different times that they used to breed them in the early 90s but when he took them to QUOTE "a big fish shop in auckland" but they only gave him 20-30$ ech so he didnt bother raising anymore bubbers arg i mean FRY

the guy told me that he was a male but couldnt find any thing to back that up.

I dont think it would really matter dude. If you were to breed nuggets (cross bred or not) you would be a legend anyway.

i second that. yet to be any real recording of breeding these fish. all rumors and one report by Larry Vires with out pics.

not only is it hard to find them at a decent size to try and breed, they're very territorial especially to their own kind. thats why u never see more than one keep in the same tank.

not only is it hard to find them at a decent size to try and breed, they're very territorial especially to their own kind. thats why u never see more than one keep in the same tank.

Interesting...thanks for that. Does anyone know exactly how territorial they get? Or can everyone only afford one at best?

this is what planetcatfish has to say under their catelog

Gold nuggets are territorial to other bottom dwellers and downright vicious to other gold nuggets. This stems from a desire to find and defend the best spawning cave, so take this into account if you plan to introduce these fish into a catfish tank. They do well in a community environment that fits their other requirements. Be careful with adult fish, they can kill each other in a crowded space.

Cheers for that, well...they definitely wouldn't be in a crowded space. And, they gotta get jiggy at some point right?!