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 Nov 12 2006, 10:35 AM
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 My names Russell.... ....and I'm a Plecoholic  Group: Members Posts: 5915 Joined: 14-April 04 From: Milton Keynes - UK Member No.: 5413  |
QUOTE(Okyrah @ Nov 12 2006, 04:51 AM) [snapback]1373310[/snapback] 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'm tired, so forgive me if they are on there somewhere. There are 3 commonly available Golden Nugget's - they are not easily distinguished and unfortunately only one of the 3 stays at that size - the other get to around 16". unfortunately fish shops will label them up as the smaller ones to shift them - not necessarily knowing (or caring) if they will get huge |
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 Nov 19 2006, 04:40 PM
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 Fish Fanatic  Group: Members Posts: 55 Joined: 18-November 06 From: Wisconsin Member No.: 26698 |
What about the rubbernose pleco? At least, that's what Petsmart told me it was. They insisted that he'd only get 6". So far he hasn't really grown. He's so ugly he's almost cute...reminds me of a toad. I really love those Zebra plecos like smith has on his avatar, but everyplace I look charges almost $300USD for them! Actually, it seems that all of the really nice, smaller plecos are extremely expensive. Anyone have any suggestions?
Oh, and pics of my pleco for ID...  
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Nov 21 2006, 05:50 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 |
L204 flash plecs are lovely pretty fish, and only cost about £20
 Dunno how much that is in $ but it's fairly cheap as far as plecs go  http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/speci...?species_id=126 And yep, you have a lovely rubbernose/bulldog plec http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/speci...?species_id=318 |
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Nov 21 2006, 10:14 PM
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 A True Oddball Group: Members Posts: 1327 Joined: 12-July 05 From: UK, Nr Chester Member No.: 14603 |
Rubbernose or Bulldog plecs will generally nto grow to their full 6" in thew aquairum. I have one and hardly see him, be he is nice.
And as for True Zebra's unless your are experienced and are going to breed them stay away as they are very rare (hence the high price tags). I hopefully will one day breed them, but thats not for a long time yet Good luck with the hunt for a god plec. |
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Dec 15 2006, 11:23 AM
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 Fish Crazy  Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: 6-October 06 From: Northern Virginia Member No.: 25534 |
I'll second the Rubbernose/Bulldog pleco. I did a search on fishbase.org for Chaetostoma sp., and the two that seem to show up in fish stores most frequently (C. milesi and C. thomsoni - the one pictured in mbbowman's post) stay under 6 and 4" respectively. A quick survey of all Chaetostoma species shows that most of them stay under 8", but some of them get larger.
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Jan 8 2007, 12:49 AM
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 Fishaholic  Group: Members Posts: 345 Joined: 20-November 06 From: Manchester UK Member No.: 26742 |
Does the rubber nose need asand substrate or will it be ok on gravel? also the L204 will tht eat my bog wood? or can i get another type of wood to save my bog wood?
cheers Greg |
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Feb 17 2007, 04:31 PM
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 Fishaholic Group: Members Posts: 211 Joined: 9-February 07 From: Scotland, UK Member No.: 29073 |
Thanks for the list, very useful. I'm looking at adding a 2 or 3 small plecs to my new tank which I will be setting up soon. Can anyone recommend a book on plecs?
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Mar 8 2007, 04:52 PM
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 Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 634 Joined: 7-March 07 From: South Shields, UK Member No.: 29973 |
Im assuming the sizes stated are the MAX size the Pleco will reach!?
Are there any online stores people would recommend to buy any of these Plecos? Or is ebay the way to go (seen a few expensive ones on there). Getting a 35L tank and i love Plecos, so i want one, but obviously one that wont grow too big - dont want to have to give it away/sell it on. |
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Apr 28 2007, 01:02 PM
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Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 4-April 07 Member No.: 30856 |
will a tiger pleco, candy striped pleco, and a king tiger pleco eat my bogwood?
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Jan 21 2008, 02:04 PM
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Fish Fanatic Group: Members Posts: 64 Joined: 15-January 08 From: London Member No.: 38427 |
Thats a huge help! Thanks!!
I was looking for something not too big for my cummunity tank so that has helped loads! I expected to see the blue phantom there. Might it go by any other name? If have I been mislead in thinking its a small variety? Thanks Lis x |
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Jan 21 2008, 08:36 PM
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My names Russell.... ....and I'm a Plecoholic Group: Members Posts: 5915 Joined: 14-April 04 From: Milton Keynes - UK Member No.: 5413 |
QUOTE (Lisa_brown87 @ Jan 21 2008, 02:04 PM)  Thats a huge help! Thanks!! I was looking for something not too big for my cummunity tank so that has helped loads! I expected to see the blue phantom there. Might it go by any other name? If have I been mislead in thinking its a small variety? Thanks Lis x Your right - it would fit nicely into the under 8" catagory
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Jan 22 2008, 09:42 AM
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Fish Fanatic Group: Members Posts: 64 Joined: 15-January 08 From: London Member No.: 38427 |
QUOTE (smithrc @ Jan 21 2008, 08:36 PM) QUOTE (Lisa_brown87 @ Jan 21 2008, 02:04 PM) Thats a huge help! Thanks!! I was looking for something not too big for my cummunity tank so that has helped loads! I expected to see the blue phantom there. Might it go by any other name? If have I been mislead in thinking its a small variety? Thanks Lis x Your right - it would fit nicely into the under 8" catagory Ooh I say, I seem to be getting the hang of this!
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Jan 30 2008, 02:30 PM
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Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 1993 Joined: 23-August 05 From: London, UK Member No.: 15445 |
inspired by this list and the issue of small plecos i started another list on the wiki site i work on. and have found a couple, (although probably not easily found in stores), of others that can be classed in this list including Peckoltia braueri (4"-5" max).
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Feb 6 2008, 09:28 PM
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 Motorbike Riding Tattooed fish freak Group: Members Posts: 1501 Joined: 6-February 08 From: Bracknell Member No.: 39137 |
L128 blue phantom, 7inches
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Mar 11 2008, 11:33 AM
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Fishaholic Group: Members Posts: 219 Joined: 11-February 08 From: chester Member No.: 39278 |
great list it will help a great deal and youve saved me loads of time thanx again
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Mar 14 2008, 06:41 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 5-March 08 From: Leeds Yorkshire England Member No.: 40026 |
We have had a pleco for about 4 years and he has grown and grown from about 2" to around 12/13" in that time. We bought a larger tank because he used to kick all the gravel and plants around but was okay with all the other fish. However his behaviour was no better in the larger tank, he uprooted everything. We have now had to put him in a tank on his own. Any ideas on what to do with him?
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Mar 14 2008, 07:10 PM
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 Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 505 Joined: 6-August 06 From: Guildford, Surrey, UK Member No.: 23575 |
QUOTE (berylfall @ Mar 14 2008, 06:41 PM) We have had a pleco for about 4 years and he has grown and grown from about 2" to around 12/13" in that time. We bought a larger tank because he used to kick all the gravel and plants around but was okay with all the other fish. However his behaviour was no better in the larger tank, he uprooted everything. We have now had to put him in a tank on his own. Any ideas on what to do with him? What size tank did/do you have him in? If you want to part company with him then you may find a home for him in the buy sell and swap section. If you don't want to part company with him then I'm not entirely sure what you can do to help modify his behaviour. How about starting a new thread with the question in the title, more people will see it that way. 
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Mar 15 2008, 12:39 AM
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 Boss Major Group: Members Posts: 2650 Joined: 2-December 03 From: San Francisco/San Jose, CA Member No.: 3073 |
L169 3.5 inches
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Jun 12 2008, 10:23 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 12-June 08 Member No.: 42557 |
QUOTE (onemisterchristian @ Mar 31 2006, 05:42 AM) Maybe, I'm not sure if the mods would appreciate thirty small pics worth of bandwith. Not to mention I would have to get permission for thirty different pics. thanks for this awesome post |
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