L50 Or Not Something Else?

[BrassMan]

Hi,

I bought this Pleco today, it was tagged as a "Pineapple Pleco", probably L50 but the label was cut off just after the 5 so I can't be sure. the guy at the LFS who seemed to know his stuff said it was an omnivore and liked to munch on bog wood, after getting him home and doing a spot of checking on Planet Catfish I'm no longer sure, it's definitly not a Pineapple Pleco but could possibly be an L50 or possibly not

I'm beginning to think he may not be an L50 Hypostomus cf. cochliodon link (approx 7.1inches) but might instead be a Hypostomus plecostomus link (approx 11.8 inches).

He's currently about 3 inches long, the LFS guy said he'd be roughly double that size (6inches?) when fully grown. I guess my main concern is how big will he get (affects my future tank plans) and are his needs different to those for an L50.

He's currently in a 10usg quarantine tank and seems to have happily attached himself to a piece of bog wood, I will be moving him into a 55usg community tank in a couple of weeks.

Any help and advice much appreciated

Here are some pics...

Thanks,

Paul.

 

[§tudz]

IMO, thats not a L50 but probably, more than likely a, is a Hypostomus plecostomus, which can grow up to 12"+

How much did you pay for it? if you only paid a little for it then it probably a Hypostomus plecostomus, if you paid over £8 then I would say it was something else. But the LFS may have mistaken it and over priced it, so I may be just tlaking rubbish,

 

[BrassMan]

IMO, thats not a L50 but probably, more than likely a, is a Hypostomus plecostomus, which can grow up to 12"+

How much did you pay for it? if you only paid a little for it then it probably a Hypostomus plecostomus, if you paid over £8 then I would say it was something else. But the LFS may have mistaken it and over priced it, so I may be just tlaking rubbish,

Thanks Studz,

I paid £17, if it is a Hypostomus plecostomus then I guess I got a very bad deal

 

[Bloo]

IMO, thats not a L50 but probably, more than likely a, is a Hypostomus plecostomus, which can grow up to 12"+

No Chance. I'm not sure what it is - when I have some time I will look around. But it's most certainly not a Common Plec. I'm 110% certain of that.

Beautiful fish btw

 

[BrassMan]

IMO, thats not a L50 but probably, more than likely a, is a Hypostomus plecostomus, which can grow up to 12"+

No Chance. I'm not sure what it is - when I have some time I will look around. But it's most certainly not a Common Plec. I'm 110% certain of that.

Beautiful fish btw

Hooray, thanks to the very helpfull people on a certain pleco-centric forum I can now confidently proclaim him to be an L147

He was stressed out in the pics due to transportation which explains the colouration difference.

Thanks all.

Paul.

 

[Bloo]

coolio - glad you got sorted over there ! I had a feeling you might need some specialist knowledge and see you got some positive identification

 

[smithrc]

bugger - too late... saw him and said L147 straight away....

Seem to be quite a few of these appearing in the market at the moment... Nice Plecs.

 

[LisaLQ]

He's gorgeous No expert, but knew he wasn't a hypostomus plecostomus, you'd be hard pushed to find one of those nowadays as they're not usually sold as "commons" any more (usually liposarcus pardalis).

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/speci...?species_id=580

And even if he was, £17 wouldn't have been a bad price I dont think?

Anyhoo, he's very spesh - and extremely handsome - congrats

 

[tetras4me]

sorry dude but thats a plecostomus. and it will acctully not double but quadrouple its size.

 

[LisaLQ]

Erm....he's already had it id-ed by people who know about plecs. It isn't a plecostomus. Plecostomus is a specific type of pleco, his is a peckoltia - a different species of pleco.

I know when you're new to fish, all suckermouth plecs are easy to bunch together, but it might be worth reading up on plecs a bit?

I'm no expert by a long shot, I'm very new to them too - but that aint a hypostomus plecostomus - if you check out the link I posted, you'll see they're not the same

 

[Bloo]

sorry dude but thats a plecostomus.

Sorry but it's not The fish has already been positively identified on a specialist catfish forum where a number of people identified it without hesitation or question

 

[clunkster]

sorry dude but thats a plecostomus. and it will acctully not double but quadrouple its size.

wrong.
as smithrc and a specialised site have said it is indeed a L147