what diffarant breeds or plecs can we get here...

there is heaps of species anthony depends on what you want and what you can accomadate (sp?)

a list i have is

L numbers 25,213,182,144,104,255,18,200,226,270,66,204,52

lda 33

then theres the panaques

and there is more out there

just check out the LFS most have at least one of the above or more

iv got a 900l tank so that should accomadate a couple of species i guess,

The common ones seem to be P. Pardalis (a 'Common'), P. joselimaianus (Goldspot), P. gibbiceps (Gibby or Sailfin) and assorted variaties of Ancistrus (Bristlenose).

Those are the species that I have anyway, the ones that are readily available anywhere. I'm sure there are others, but they seldom make it out to the provinces

If you have 900L you will have space for a few, even the bigger ones. You do have to watch the bigger ones regarding aggression, but if you buy them small, grow them together and have a big tank with lots of hiding spots they are generally fine. Just take care if you introduce adult specimens, they can be pretty territorial.

Cheers

Ian

iv got a 900l tank so that should accomadate a couple of species i guess,

dang that's a big tank!!! what's the dimensions?>? you could house heaps in there

the dimensions are 2200*600h*700w

L 25 is currently available in a few shops here in AKL, probably one of the biggest 'non common' plecs you'll get here.

common name- Scarlet pleco.

Also seen lately- L253, L128

How much are the Scarlet pleco's?

they sound cool :lol: :lol:

I've seen a pair of Ancistrus Ranunculus - L34 for sale at the LFS - tempted to buy but expensive

how expensive.......

$150 each. I don't know for sure if they are the ranunculus, that's what they have advertised them as. They are black with bright white dots all over them (hopefully not whitespot :lol: ), really flat wide body, prob about 10cm.

They deffinatly sound like ranunculus form that description. They have been imported a couple of times in the last 6 months.

The scarlets are selling for around $200.

At the moment at my work we have...

scarlet pleco's (L025) x3

Magnum/mango pleco (L047) x3

Royal Panaque x1

Papa Panaque (L090) x1

Sunshine Pleco (L014) (true sunshines - captive bred) x3

"Goldy Pleco" (L253) x1

Cichchilodon Pleco x 2

Tiger Panaque (L226) x1

Clown Panaque (L104) x2

Orange Spot Ancistrus x3

Star light Ancistrus x2 (one big one small)

I think thats all the L#'s we have lol. So there are a lot of them around. If you keep an eye out yu can often find a number of others around too!

Cheers, Jake.

Hey Jake,

Those L90's....are they the true L90's or the L90's c or d's

Have you ever seen any of these around lately:

L27 Tapajo's

L27 Xingu

L264

L191 Dull-eyed

Thanks

Hey Catbrat, I don't know if I allowed to ask on this but where do you work. I'd love to have a look, whenever I look at plecos in the shops I never know if they are indeed what they are supposed to be.

and any chance you can take a camera to work to grab us some photos - would love to see what the orange spot ancistrus looks like. - does that have an "L" number?

can you get L137

Peanuts,

i think they are referred to as red spots or L110 over here.

My two cents

Over here is where? where is over here? is Tauranga not part of NZ?

a red spot is a plec - Catbrat was talking about an ancistrus which is a bristlenose.

In NZ.

Thats one of the problems with common names, its not international and people can get confused.

Im sorry to tell you this but a "red spot" or L110 is NOT pleco.

can you get L137

Seem to be a number of cochliodon around, not sure if one has been positively ID'd as L137. Must admit that the hypostumus and cochliodons are growing on me. lucky i'm getting low on room.

Catbrat - what cochliodons were the ones you had a while ago?

lucky i'm getting low on room. ,,,,,,,firenzenz wrote,

now it gives you a exuse to get a bigger tank 8)