Topic: Can you tell me what I am. Be nice now :-)

[OCP]

I found a home but my tank master has no idea what I am beyond Pleco.....

[Ezekial]

Possibly this guy http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loricari/pseudaca/208_1.php.  Otherwise i don't know.

[OCP]

Thank you;

Aside from the color on the fin edges that looks like it.  Pretty cool and when he feels like cleaning glass he really works at it.  A couple of the other fish are testing him but he pretty much just ignores them and keeps on eating.  Still spending a lot of time hiding but I am glad to see he is comfortable about getting out when he wants to.
Really works their gravel also.  Been putting in some algie wafers but everything else eats them up before they hit bottom.

Mike


" People make mistakes.  It's human.  Not learning from the mistake is just plain dumb."
Politicians lean heavily towards the dumb side.....

[tracey]

Nope, its not a Leopard Pleco.  What you've got there, Mike, is a good ole Sailfin Gibby, Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loricari/pterygop/148_f.php  Hope you're ready for the size he might get to 

[OCP]

     So much for the privately owned very large and super stocked LFS.  I ask for a gibby and they said they had none...

[tracey]

Plecos can be really hard to ID, unless you're looking at one with very distinctive markings.  Gibby's will often look totally different when they first arrive at an lfs, their colour will get very faded and blotchy when under stress, even that distinct lighter stripe in between their large dark spots can be very hard to see.  Anyways, at least you ended up with the fish you wanted, even though it wasn't the fish you brought 

[Fenster]

yo O.C.P., I was kinda hopin you had a plec that topped out around 8", you could have a foot and halfer there? I know little of pleco's other than big poopin one in tight quarters prolly not good. 

cool-lookin fish though, some other good-lookin plecs that dont get so big, but I'm not tryin to bum out on your new fish, just lookin long-term already is all.   

[OCP]

Once again many thanks to all.   

A 100 gal is in the near future so Mr. Gibby will be getting a larger home.

I raised 5 sons so I figure I can deal with another poop machine    In some ways fish are like small kids.  Hungry all the time.  Always needing something changed.  Get sick for no apparent reason.  Thankfully they don't cry 

Mike

"Death is everyones ultimate destination.  How you live your life getting there is all your choice."

[Fenster]

giddy up 100g.   found a spot for it for sure huh?    those fish be able to "stand at ease" soon   

[Dan]

That is a cool looking Pleco you got there Mike. I have an Albino Gibby myself. They are awesomw Plecos, but the others are correct.  Be prepared for him to get huge.
 

[seouleast]

Thanks OCP. That is the same pleco I have and asked Q's about. I am glad that you posted that pic. I thought it was a butterfly, but that pic is a dead ringer for mine. If they do grow that big, I think I will have to put him in the 100 gal.
They are hearty and can withstand all attacks made by my O's. Now, they don't even bother him. It's the other way around! 

Peace-
seouleast

[stebo]

Yep, thats a salfin alright. My LFS has one about 20" long. and small ones about 2".

[OCP]

20 inches.. Hubba Hubba.  Now that is a big tank fish.  I bet it is a beauty.

I have noticed mine will mostly have very vivid coloration but sometimes it will go to a very dull grey.  Nothing else in the tank bothers it and the water parameters are good so I am guessing it is a normal thing for the SF to do like many other fish.  Been trying to get more pictures but it pretty much stays hidden while there is light.

[Ezekial]

It's pretty common for them to change color in terms of how intense it is.  Mine does the same thing and has since i've had him.  Nothing to worry about unless his color stays real drab   That could mean a problem.

[OCP]

Thak you,

Got a short peek at it just now and it is dark black again.