Royal plecos are quite rare and expensive. grab it while you can.
correct. they tend to suck onto the discus and feed of their mucus on the skin Yuck!
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catfish4ever
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correct. they tend to suck onto the discus and feed of their mucus on the skin Yuck!
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what?
correct. they tend to suck onto the discus and feed of their mucus on the skin Yuck!
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haha, my thought too
Got distracted half way through posting?Thanks very much for the great info folks! I am not committed to buying any of them, but i think i can work it out will - peppermint in my 360L show tank with my discus. 'clown' with my other 'clown' and i'll see how they get on. Royal in my 90L....lets face it, i am moving house in a few months and a huge fish shed is on the plans
. the galixy one....i have no idea what fish it actually is! haha
catfish4ever
Fishaholic
yeh. sorry if i was misleading the royals are very nice imo but i forgot that you were housing them with discuswhat?
correct. they tend to suck onto the discus and feed of their mucus on the skin Yuck!
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haha, my thought too
Thanks very much for the great info folks! I am not committed to buying any of them, but i think i can work it out will - peppermint in my 360L show tank with my discus. 'clown' with my other 'clown' and i'll see how they get on. Royal in my 90L....lets face it, i am moving house in a few months and a huge fish shed is on the plans
. it should be fine in a 90litre for a while. obviously it will need bigger though. like you mentioned already about the fish shed. Good luck then. 
Fish bought.... now time ID them as i am not 100%!
Photos below. The royal is the obvious one. Had a flat stomach, is about an inch in size, but is obviously a chunky fish, so its depth was a decent size
The one next to it - i initially thought that was the peppermint - it was much darker in his tank before the move. He told he that was the galaxia plec. ANy ideas? L number?
The biggest one he said is the peppermint....now i thought the peppermint was dark in colour and had white spots - similar to the snowball. This looks very different. WHat do we think? I was a little worried as it has white marks on it. I inspected it to see if it was fungus, but doesnt look likE it. Maybe just some markings? He is about 3 inches.
£20 each....good deal? He had them up for £40 each! No way! He said a guy offered him £55 for the clown! Crazy! you can pick them up for £5 in the shops! He told me these were imported and he's had them for 2 weeks now.
Photos below. The royal is the obvious one. Had a flat stomach, is about an inch in size, but is obviously a chunky fish, so its depth was a decent size
The one next to it - i initially thought that was the peppermint - it was much darker in his tank before the move. He told he that was the galaxia plec. ANy ideas? L number?
The biggest one he said is the peppermint....now i thought the peppermint was dark in colour and had white spots - similar to the snowball. This looks very different. WHat do we think? I was a little worried as it has white marks on it. I inspected it to see if it was fungus, but doesnt look likE it. Maybe just some markings? He is about 3 inches.
£20 each....good deal? He had them up for £40 each! No way! He said a guy offered him £55 for the clown! Crazy! you can pick them up for £5 in the shops! He told me these were imported and he's had them for 2 weeks now.
catfish4ever
Fishaholic
one is a small royal. one might be A YOUNG NOT SO COLOURED PEPPERMINT. while the other is probably a galaxia. galaxia's spots tend to be further apart. sorry i had trouble uploading images. 
hmm, ok, thats what they were sold to me as..... but which one is the galaxia? The one with black and white stripes? He said that was the peppermint, but i didnt think thats what it looked like..... any idea of L numbers for them?
The Royal is L191.
The one on the right is for sure Leporacanthicus I think because of the head shape, a mouth shot would make sure 100%
The other one looks like a Scobi, L253 or L48 possibly, the white is stress colouration.
Love the fact you watermarked those photos
The one on the right is for sure Leporacanthicus I think because of the head shape, a mouth shot would make sure 100%
The other one looks like a Scobi, L253 or L48 possibly, the white is stress colouration.
Love the fact you watermarked those photos
Thanks for the info - I looked up the Leporacanthicus, and it apparently likes much warmer water.... does that mean he would be fine in my discus tank too?
The L253/L48.... i cant find much about it! Is it also called peppermint? Any good links to the best living conditions for it?
As for the watermarks - i forgot to de-select that when exporting them.....not meaning to be potentious! haha
The L253/L48.... i cant find much about it! Is it also called peppermint? Any good links to the best living conditions for it?
As for the watermarks - i forgot to de-select that when exporting them.....not meaning to be potentious! haha
http
/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/_species.php?species_id=629One at the bottom is my old 253
No I have never heard them called Peppermint, that is reserve red for a spotty Ancistrus ime
I don't like the discus/pleco mix tbh, I would perhaps only attempt it with Hypans and even then I can't see discus liking the flow I have in my plec tanks.
Be prepared for a lot of crap, especially from the L191, they produce waste in phenomenal amounts.
Oh i am so confused now! I am new to the joys of pleco naming!! So far we have a firm agreement that i have a royal - cant argue with that.
Second one, in the first photo, has now darkened up a lot so is near black with small white (possibly yellowish tinge, but hard to tell as he's in a cave) spots. I would have guessed this was the peppermint l030. But the guy that sold them seemed to think it was a galaxia pleco. But it looks like it could be a Leporacanthicus?
The third....the one which has stress stripes was sold as the l030 peppermint....but this one has been named as possibly being Galaxis L240, Scobinancistrus or L253/L48
Maybe i am misunderstanding what people are suggesting (i.e. which of the fish they are talking about). I will try and get better photos tonight!
Second one, in the first photo, has now darkened up a lot so is near black with small white (possibly yellowish tinge, but hard to tell as he's in a cave) spots. I would have guessed this was the peppermint l030. But the guy that sold them seemed to think it was a galaxia pleco. But it looks like it could be a Leporacanthicus?
The third....the one which has stress stripes was sold as the l030 peppermint....but this one has been named as possibly being Galaxis L240, Scobinancistrus or L253/L48
Maybe i am misunderstanding what people are suggesting (i.e. which of the fish they are talking about). I will try and get better photos tonight!
right folks, unfortunately the peppermint died a week after getting it.
Then the Royal, after a few weeks in QT went into my 90L, but died a week after that! I posed asking why they are dying when they have food, they were eating, and there are LOADS of hiding places, but no answer.
The third one, still in my QT until i am happy to move it to my 360L....is the one above, black, white ish spots, and in my photos, has white bands, caused by stress?
Well he's in a tank of his own, he is eating well, and the water is good...but those bands are not going away! The black has got darker, but the white bands are still there. Any reasons why?
Then the Royal, after a few weeks in QT went into my 90L, but died a week after that! I posed asking why they are dying when they have food, they were eating, and there are LOADS of hiding places, but no answer.
The third one, still in my QT until i am happy to move it to my 360L....is the one above, black, white ish spots, and in my photos, has white bands, caused by stress?
Well he's in a tank of his own, he is eating well, and the water is good...but those bands are not going away! The black has got darker, but the white bands are still there. Any reasons why?
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