Any idea what this is

[RobertK]

Does any one have any ide what this is, its about 3 inches long and very active around the front glass


Robert

 

[ryan]

gibbiceps plec

 

[david27]

could be a bristlenose its a bit hard to see, doesn't look quite right for a gibbeceps

I think theres a website "planet catfish" that will help you indentify it.

David

 

[RobertK]

I don't think its a Gibbeceps, it was called a Leopard plec in the LFS but I think they just call them what they like.
I had a look through the pics on Planetcatfish but couldn't see any thing like it.

 

[ryan]

I don't think its a Gibbeceps, it was called a Leopard plec in the LFS but I think they just call them what they like.
I had a look through the pics on Planetcatfish but couldn't see any thing like it.

i own a leopard plec it is identical to the fish in the photo and i was told by another owner of one on here and several others that they are know as GIBBICEP PLECS

 

[RobertK]

Thanks Ryan.

So its going to grow quite large then, all the books I've seen with Gibbiceps in say they grow to over 24".

Robert

 

[ryan]

Thanks Ryan.

So its going to grow quite large then, all the books I've seen with Gibbiceps in say they grow to over 24".

Robert

I have had mine in a fifty gallon for about 2 months he started of at 3 inches and is now about 4 inches, I think they grow according to tank size, I don't think our fish will reach 24 inches, probably sixteen at most and more likly 7-12 inches, i heard of somone whos only grew to 6 inches in 3 months and hasn't grown more than quarter of an inch in the last 4 years in a fifty five gallon so we will hav to see what happens, does yours often change colour from light to dark and colours in between, mine sometimes looks like a completely different fish.

 

[RobertK]

could be a bristlenose its a bit hard to see, doesn't look quite right for a gibbeceps

I think theres a website "planet catfish" that will help you indentify it.

David

The more pictures I look through on planetcatfish the more I tend to agree with David, it looks more like a bristlenose then any thing else, the closest match I can see so far is an L110/L157 both the pictures seem to be of the same fish.

Well done David

Robert

 

[ryan]

it is a leapard plec

here is a pic
leopard plec
this fish is Ken g w(a member here) ask him if he says yours is a bristle nose i will believe him but i think he will say that it is a leopard plec/gibbecep plec.

the leopard plec on planet catfish is a comletely different fish to the one i am talking about, and from what i can see yours has not got loads of bristles on its head just the two sensory organs all fish hav.so it is not a BRISTLE NOSE

IT IS GIBBICEPS PLEC just ask Ken g w.

 

[CFC]

It is neither , i would be more inclined to go with the L number though it could be one of many of the L number species.

 

[ste2k3]

I don't know exactly what type it is but plecs don't stop growing in small tanks. they may start to deform eg/ spine curving etc. I have one which is currently 25" long and outgrew its previous owners community tank which was 4' long. some fish may stop growintg but a lot will just keep on growing and growing.

 

[ryan]

well i had two of these fish one grew to 8 inches in a 25g and didn't grow anymore than that in 4 years, the one i hav currently in the 50g is 4 inches after 3 months and i expect it wil easily exceed 8 inches, if it is an l number could someone please show me and robert what L number.

 

[RobertK]

well i had two of these fish one grew to 8 inches in a 25g and didn't grow anymore than that in 4 years, the one i hav currently in the 50g is 4 inches after 3 months and i expect it wil easily exceed 8 inches, if it is an l number could someone please show me and robert what L number.

I've got a reliable identification of the Plec off the people who imported it ( I should have asked them when I bought it ) They tell me its L001, a Glyptoperichtys Joselimaianus and it git is peaceful and grows to a maxiumu of 8".



Robert

 

[ryan]

thanks Robert it is a L001 and so is my fish to, i am quite glad they only grow between 6-12 inches this means he might not get to big for the tank.

 

[cichlidmaster]

Here is a link to the L001...........

L001 Planet Catfish

CM