30 Plecos Under 8 Inches

[barbiedoll]

could you get this pinned? so I can find it agan in a hurry... great list

forget that. is pinned!! not my day ......

 

[smithrc]

I feel we need too keep an eye on the common names - I've just seen the "snowball" in the list - unfortunately this is a common name for a few plecs - not to mention the LDA33 that can get to 12"...

Can we rely on accurate L numbering though ??

 

[onemisterchristian]

Sorry about that. I tried to ammend that as best as possible. Hope that I clarified it a bit. Common names are generally the root of confusion. That's why the L #'s are there. But then again, how often are fish misnumbered? Hopefully good judgement and good LFS's can be relied upon.

 

[metfan581]

if you can have a quick index like a small pic for each one that will be sooo cool

 

[onemisterchristian]

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.

 

[atmmachine816]

What about a link to planetcatfish of the fish's profile for each one.

 

[atmmachine816]

Why is it that all the small plecos are not effective algae eaters except the pitbull, bristlenose, and butterfly?

 

[jimi priest 0189]

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

 

[smithrc]

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?

 

[LisaLQ]

L001 - these can actually reach 16-20"

 

[zedonepilot]

thanks for takeing the time to add the list
very informative and has saved me a lot of time searching on the net
welldone

 

[breezer40]

L260 Queen arabesque 5"

 

[onemisterchristian]

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.

 

[LisaLQ]

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.

 

[KathyM]

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