Plec!

[LisaLQ]

Wow lisaLQ that sailfin is a stunner! How long did you have him for?

Only a couple of months, he was sitting in the LFS looking sorry for himself so hubby brought him home for my oscar tank - but we rehomed him along with our oscar and companions last summer. If you look back at the pics, the first two were soon after I got him, and the next two were a week or two later - and there was a massive change in colour (ok, it's not that obvious in the pics but it was in real life). He came to us a silvery gold and black colour, then with proper food and care he went a lovely bronzey gold and black. Shows what a bit of TLC can do He loved his cucumber as you can see in the pic

 

[MHunt]

Wow lisaLQ that sailfin is a stunner! How long did you have him for?

Only a couple of months, he was sitting in the LFS looking sorry for himself so hubby brought him home for my oscar tank - but we rehomed him along with our oscar and companions last summer. If you look back at the pics, the first two were soon after I got him, and the next two were a week or two later - and there was a massive change in colour (ok, it's not that obvious in the pics but it was in real life). He came to us a silvery gold and black colour, then with proper food and care he went a lovely bronzey gold and black. Shows what a bit of TLC can do He loved his cucumber as you can see in the pic

I agree, you can really see he's quite pale in the first two pics. In the last three he's a much deeper colour, plus his eyes are alot brighter too! Lovely fish!

 

[black molly3]

heres one of my common plec i think

its best to enlarge that immage

 

[LisaLQ]

He's lovely, and gets a 10/10 from me, but I hope he's not in that 12.5g

My common has gone from under 2" to 5-6" in the last 2 months or so. Unless you're planning a big upgrade, in that case he'll be ok for a couple of weeks, maybe a month

 

[Fate2006]

my common plec went from 3" to 12or 13" in under 11 months!

 

[black molly3]

yes dont worry i have everything planed i have a 30GAL tank to be ready in 3 weeks for the bigies
in my tank lol.
also is he a common plec

 

[Joemuz]

yes dont worry i have everything planed i have a 30GAL tank to be ready in 3 weeks for the bigies
in my tank lol.
also is he a common plec

He looks like a common to me and a very nice one of that!!!

 

[LisaLQ]

yes dont worry i have everything planed i have a 30GAL tank to be ready in 3 weeks for the bigies
in my tank lol.
also is he a common plec

Yep, so I'm afraid a 30g wont be big enough - you'll need a minimum of a 4 x 18" x 18" in the long run if you want to keep him, but if you've already got the 30g ordered, I'd return him and swap him for a bristlenose - they're lovely little fellas, and will keep your tank cleaner too (commons are far too lazy to clean, why bother when they can have wafers and courgette for free lol).

 

[tinat]

i love my pleco il post a pic later when i get home coz im at work right now lol

 

[Joemuz]

i love my pleco il post a pic later when i get home coz im at work right now lol

GET BACK T WORK!
By the way your boss is watching you!
Only jokin

 

[tinat]

lol his not in

 

[Vicky99]

My Bristlenose otherwise known as "Plec".

Can anyone tell if it's male or female from this pic? I'm told it depends on how long the bristles are, but I have nothing to compare too!!

Vicky

 

[LisaLQ]

If he has bristles all over his face, he's a he. If he has a line of bristles along his lip, or none at all, he's a she

 

[Joemuz]

If he has bristles all over his face, he's a he. If he has a line of bristles along his lip, or none at all, he's a she

Well i just learnt something there aswell!
Keep em coming as i am loving the pics!

 

[Fate2006]

my common plecs going into a 110gallon soon with my oddballs I've got no more shots of my plec though Oh and thx lisa for the info on the BN's now I can try my hand at breeding them Albinos for sale at my LFS for 2$ each, only like 2" each BN though