He appears again

[CassCats]

I moved his log during a water change, he got annoyed and came out because of that lol

So nice to see him

 

[Lajos_Detari]

Beautiful fish.
How much you bought it?

 

[CassCats]

Beautiful fish.
How much you bought it?

A local sold him for $10CAD, usually these guys go for $80-90CAD here
(He is an L240 vampire pleco)

 

[Lajos_Detari]

A local sold him for $10CAD, usually these guys go for $80-90CAD here
(He is an L240 vampire pleco)

That's very cheap.

 

[AilyNC]

Does he hide most of the time? He's a real beauty.

 

[CassCats]

Does he hide most of the time? He's a real beauty.

Yep, normally hes under the log, very shy lol

 

[AilyNC]

Make it more special when he makes an appearance

 

[CassCats]

Make it more special when he makes an appearance

Very, I love him. He's really cute and he's gonna be so majestic when he's full grown one day.

He will need a bigger log then though. Much bigger.

 

[AilyNC]

How big will he get?

 

[CassCats]

How big will he get?

9.5-10 inches
Hes only about 4 inches now though. Hes grown a little since I've got him. He will be moving to a larger tank as well.

His spots will also shrink when he matures.

Not my videos, but

And link of images and brief info

Leporacanthicus sp. L240 | loricariidae

In these pages we present various loricariidae species...

www.loricariidae.info

 

[AilyNC]

Oh wow - that's huge still very pretty with smaller dots.

 

[Retired Viking]

Mine grew to be over 13 inches long, he liked to hang on the side of the tank near the filter.

 

[Rosehaskill]

I moved his log during a water change, he got annoyed and came out because of that lol
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So nice to see him

He's beautiful

 

[Gypsum]

Beautiful fish. I would have more plecos if I had more tanks.

When I had the L260s, I never saw them unless they got disturbed during a water change or I snuck into the living room at night with a headtorch. They were stunning, though.

However, I'm a great a fan of these L199s. They're sociable wee critters and always pop out of their caves at feeding time, and they're active in the evening, even with the tank lights on full blast. They were only semi-planned. After losing the L260s, we went to the LFS with the intention of getting any Hypans species they had, so long as it was one that stayed under 5" and wasn't L46, because I'm not spending £100 on one. Seemed easier than trying to track down whatever obscure L-number I'd set my mind on. They had these guys, and we picked up four of them for our wee breeding colony. Now just hoping they are different sexes!

 

[FishGuest5123]

Mine hide all the time too. Very nocturnal.