Simian Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Anyone heard of em? LFS has some the eyes do look more blue than black, I have searched and cant find anything on them. Maybe they are a mutation of Panaque cochliodon? or maybe mislabeled? they are still small so i dunno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayci Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 wihch LFS and how much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 one of the fish suppliers sell gba as "golden blue eye ancistrus" which look identicle to which most fish keepers are breeding!!! but yea what lfs would be awesome fish if not just a golden bristlenose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted March 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 World of water is the place and cant remember price, there are a couple of ways to ID them(blue eyed plecos) so I have discovered, shape of teeth and a flap of skin in mouth. From planet catfish The Genus Panaque is identified by the teeth, which are spoon-shaped. This means that the teeth are noticeably wider at the tip than at the base. Other loricariidae have teeth that are similar width all the way from one end to the other. A second distinguishing feature is the lack of a buccal papilla, which is a "flap of skin" on the inside of the mouth. these guys grow to 300mm too id be interested if Blue or another catfishy knows anything about a golden variety Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 It would be VERY VERY VERY unlikly (did I mention VERY?) that it would be a golden Blue eyed Panaque. As far as I am awear 1)they have never been spawnd in an aquarium, so small ones are not avalible 2) there is not a golden form 3) the area that they come from in the wild is controlled by "gurrilla" so, at this time, no importing is done from there, 4) They sell for many hundred $USD for normal ones so for lil old NZ to get a batch of golden ones would be near on impossible. When I was working at Jansens I ordered the so called "golden blue eye's" in and they were always just the common gba's. From memory they came from the supplier called Aquascope. Cheers, Jake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted March 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Im going in this morning and will check it out, get some photos etc, Stand by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted March 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Definately GB ancestrus eyes look blueish but nothing special Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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