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 Apr 15 2006, 07:33 PM
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 Leader of the Fishes  Group: Members Posts: 2091 Joined: 31-December 05 From: U.S.A. Member No.: 17870  |
What about a link to planetcatfish of the fish's profile for each one.
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Apr 15 2006, 07:55 PM
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Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 2091 Joined: 31-December 05 From: U.S.A. Member No.: 17870 |
Why is it that all the small plecos are not effective algae eaters except the pitbull, bristlenose, and butterfly?
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May 10 2006, 10:45 PM
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 Fish Fanatic  Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 15-April 06 Member No.: 20619 |
thank good i was bout to buy a biger tank for my imperal its dobled in size but if your stuff is corect and i have no reason to think its not it sould even outsoon it amost 3.5 inches
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May 10 2006, 10:53 PM
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 My names Russell.... ....and I'm a Plecoholic Group: Members Posts: 5934 Joined: 14-April 04 From: Milton Keynes - UK Member No.: 5413 |
QUOTE(mij @ May 10 2006, 11:45 PM) [snapback]1181303[/snapback] thank good i was bout to buy a biger tank for my imperal its dobled in size but if your stuff is corect and i have no reason to think its not it sould even outsoon it amost 3.5 inches imperal as in Zebra Plec? |
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May 30 2006, 02:17 PM
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 Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 2025 Joined: 17-May 06 From: Keighley, West Yorkshire, UK Member No.: 21367 |
L001 - these can actually reach 16-20"
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May 30 2006, 03:14 PM
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Fish Fanatic Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 24-May 06 From: cumbria Member No.: 21563 |
thanks for takeing the time to add the list
very informative and has saved me a lot of time searching on the net welldone |
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May 30 2006, 03:46 PM
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 Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 737 Joined: 29-March 04 From: Derbyshire UK Member No.: 5072 |
L260 Queen arabesque 5"
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Jun 1 2006, 06:35 PM
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 Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 531 Joined: 6-September 05 From: California, U.S. Member No.: 15728 |
QUOTE(breezer40 @ May 30 2006, 08:46 AM) [snapback]1203155[/snapback] L260 Queen arabesque 5" Do you have a link to back that up? Every resource I've read says no more than 4" (including planet catfish.) Just looking for conformation; if there is wrong info. i'd like to ammend it asap. |
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Jun 1 2006, 06:50 PM
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Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 2025 Joined: 17-May 06 From: Keighley, West Yorkshire, UK Member No.: 21367 |
Dont rely on Planet Catfish for accurate sizes. If I remember rightly, they had a liposarcus pardalis (common plec) down at max size 10", when they can reach easily double that, and more. They also say L001's are 8" max, when they can reach 20". I see they're updating their pages, fingers crossed with more accurate info.
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Jun 1 2006, 06:52 PM
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 Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 1882 Joined: 16-April 06 From: Keighley, West Yorks, UK Member No.: 20655 |
Lisa's right - PC aren't very accurate on size information in some cases. Let's hope now they've updated they haven't got such an embarrassing mistake on the liposarcus up any more *lol*. Doesn't instill confidence in their info to be honest. Great source of photos though
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Jun 2 2006, 06:25 PM
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Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 737 Joined: 29-March 04 From: Derbyshire UK Member No.: 5072 |
QUOTE(onemisterchristian @ Jun 1 2006, 07:35 PM) [snapback]1205443[/snapback] QUOTE(breezer40 @ May 30 2006, 08:46 AM) [snapback]1203155[/snapback] L260 Queen arabesque 5" Do you have a link to back that up? Every resource I've read says no more than 4" (including planet catfish.) Just looking for conformation; if there is wrong info. i'd like to ammend it asap. Sorry no link but I have kept and sucessfully breed these for nearly 10 year if thats any good! |
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Jun 3 2006, 07:33 AM
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Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 531 Joined: 6-September 05 From: California, U.S. Member No.: 15728 |
Yeah, no problem. I'll ammend things. I'm all for keeping this list as accurate as possible, and I definetly don't doubt your position, I just wanted a link just incase anyone complained about it. Thanks for the input!
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Jul 17 2006, 04:32 PM
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Fish Crazy  Group: Members Posts: 181 Joined: 4-July 06 From: North West UK Member No.: 22644 |
brilliant, thanks
have printed that out for future reference. I bought a gibbicepts without realising how big they can get he's still small and i wouldn't change him now  but it would have been better to find out more first.DD |
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Jul 25 2006, 08:50 PM
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 Fishaholic  Group: Members Posts: 308 Joined: 22-January 06 Member No.: 18440 |
Huh... I didn't even noticed this topic until now and I was seraching for days.
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Aug 15 2006, 04:31 PM
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 Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 510 Joined: 6-August 06 From: Guildford, Surrey, UK Member No.: 23575 |
Just what I was looking for
 Now to take a print out to local LFS and see which (if any) they've got 
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Aug 18 2006, 01:52 PM
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Fish Crazy Group: Members Posts: 181 Joined: 4-July 06 From: North West UK Member No.: 22644 |
Thanks
this is a really useful list. Could anyone tell me though if the green pleco L200 is the same as what in my lfs is called a green ghost pleco? It looked beautiful but I don't have room for anything too big. DD |
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Oct 8 2006, 05:28 AM
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 Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 2-October 06 Member No.: 25418 |
If anyone has excel or openoffice I converted the list into an .xls so it can be sorted by name, number or size (Imperial or Metric).
http://lordfett.com/tff/plecolist.xls |
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 Oct 31 2006, 03:30 PM
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 Proud member of UKAPS Group: Members Posts: 2516 Joined: 30-October 06 From: Lincoln UK Member No.: 26170 |
If this list's measurements are correct then I might get 2 King Stripes as I like them. when i looked on tropicalfish4u it says that they reach max 30cm (12inches). On there they also have a few more from this list that they say reach these lengths.
Reason for looking is that I have 2 common pleccys at 8" at the moment and I am told they are going to grow further and be too big for my tank so I will be trying to find them a new home and then obviously replacing them. Are Clown Sucker Pleccy and Common the same fish? They look the same to me!!. Do King Stripes clean the algae like the common does? What other dietary requirements does it have? Any advice welcomed. Andy 
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Nov 2 2006, 08:18 AM
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My names Russell.... ....and I'm a Plecoholic Group: Members Posts: 5934 Joined: 14-April 04 From: Milton Keynes - UK Member No.: 5413 |
QUOTE(SuperColey1 @ Oct 31 2006, 03:30 PM) [snapback]1361698[/snapback] If this list's measurements are correct then I might get 2 King Stripes as I like them. when i looked on tropicalfish4u it says that they reach max 30cm (12inches). On there they also have a few more from this list that they say reach these lengths. Reason for looking is that I have 2 common pleccys at 8" at the moment and I am told they are going to grow further and be too big for my tank so I will be trying to find them a new home and then obviously replacing them. Are Clown Sucker Pleccy and Common the same fish? They look the same to me!!. Do King Stripes clean the algae like the common does? What other dietary requirements does it have? Any advice welcomed. Andy My advice would be to ignore the details (that names and sizes) that tropicalfish4u has listed - Members here have tried to bring it to their attention but they have not corrected their data... If I remember rightly the Clown Sucker plec is their fancy invented name for a common plec - 12-18" of fast growing monster. they also have a Leopard Plec listed that is actually not what others refer to as a Leopard Plec (L001) and is inface a Sailfin with possible 18-24" adult size. |
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Nov 12 2006, 04:51 AM
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 Newbie Group: Member Posts: 9 Joined: 11-November 06 Member No.: 26465 |
Gold Nugget Plecos grow to be about 7", yes? I don't believe I saw them on the list, but it's late and I& |