wee2 Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 what Fancy Plecos in New Zealand can go very large perheps to 20cm?? I know Blue phantom, Green Phantom, Royal, and Leopard Cactus can grow to the size.. what else?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si_sphinx Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 LDA33 snowball pleco gets big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Gold nuggets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworl ... cle_id=227 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee2 Posted September 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Gold nuggets do they really ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyGeoff Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 do they really ?? Indeed they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Which gold nugget do we get here? Looks like there's two using that common name,One that grows to about 180mm and another that grows to about 350? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 We get all 3 varieties here now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee2 Posted September 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Which gold nugget do we get here? Looks like there's two using that common name,One that grows to about 180mm and another that grows to about 350? probably the big one we are talking abt here is Gold Spot, aint we. the real gold nugget only gose up to 12/13cm, doesnt it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Gold nugget = either L018, L177, or L085 (and possibly L081) Planet catfish lists them to grow to 35cm Aquarium life has them at around 20cm Dogbreedinfo.com (yes seriously ) say around 20cm AquaHobby.com claims 35cm Seriouslyfish.com states that for the official description the largest recorded was 22.41cm Fishkeeping.co.uk goes for 35cm just bout every site says they are extremely long lived (25 years plus) and slow growing so don't be surprised if we eventually hear about larger ones than this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 If Jim said gold nugget, he probably meant gold nugget :lol: He had more than most at one stage :thup: There are three types of gold nugget pleco with varying spot sizes. Have a look on planet catfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 offically all three have been listed as Baryancistrus xanthellus, making the L numbers obsolete, the 3 different versions are technically just different pattern varieties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 That doesn't make the L-numbers obsolete, in fast it makes them more important as it is a simple and well understood way to describe the variations within the species. Far better than trying to rely on collection locality or common name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 offically all three have been listed as Baryancistrus xanthellus, making the L numbers obsolete, the 3 different versions are technically just different pattern varieties. First of all there is L81 and Baryancistrus Xanthellus different species as listed by the ICZN, both Xanthellus variants will attain the same size, having had ''L177" outgrow my "L18" rather quickly and exceeding the original PC length of a mere 18cm you will notice they have since rectified this by combining them as 35cm. There are more large species of Plec here than small, i would suggest research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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