Plec Id (pictures Included)

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Hi there

Could somebody please confirm if this indeed a Common Plec, using google so I might be wrong

This is the first time I kept them, if you see this thread http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?s=&amp...t&p=2243618 here you will understand firstly why it is in a small tank in the picture and secondly why I didnt check before getting them.

(Since this picture, the 2xPlecs have been put on there own into my temp setup 4 foot tank until I finalise what I am doing with them)

Thanks in advance.

 

[nmonks]

Looks like it has too many dorsal fin rays to be Hypostomus, and I'd have thought it some type of Pterygoplichthys.

Cheers, Neale

 

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Looks like it has too many dorsal fin rays to be Hypostomus, and I'd have thought it some type of Pterygoplichthys.

Cheers, Neale

Thanks for the heads up, now I have looked it does indeed look more like what you suggested

Is there anything else that could help in the ID process? I am trying to work out how big the 2 I have will get and if I have enough room to house them, and if not re-home them.

 

[Davo86]

Its a L001 (Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus)
should quickly get to around 12inches in size before slowing down its growth and stopping anywhere upto 18inches

 

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Its a L001 (Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus)
should quickly get to around 12inches in size before slowing down its growth and stopping anywhere upto 18inches

Thanks a lot for that m8.

They are both around at the moment 6/7inches at a guess (at work so will need to check)

Its looking like I will be unable to keep them now I have rescued them, even in my new 5 foot tank it would be a struggle really. I might start to make some enquiries about finding them a new home, don't want any money for them I just want them to go to a good home.

They should be happy in the 4 foot tank while I sort it out

 

[dave_oddballs]

looks very much like a red sailfin i had