Getting Interested in Plecos

[Jozle]

TexSun and Sunny has gotten me interested in Plecos. I know there is a large variety out there but I don't even know more than 5 different kinds. I want to see what everyone out there has.
I was hoping this thread would become a collection base for plecos.

[eklikewhoa]

Here are some of my old plecos

- L014





- L095




- L046





- Bristlenose






Randoms that I can't think of the L# and too lazy to look

[Jozle]

Man, that bristlenose looks monstrous. I like the last one with the white spots.

[tbui1178]

Zebra plecos are pimp!

[mnemenoi]

We have a bristlenose, Gold Nugget, and Otos currently. In the past have had the best success with Farowella (Royal and normal) and Peckoltias. The Peckoltias are certainly not great algae eaters, but they are fun and amusing to watch... They seem to squabble with nearly everything in the tank

[troy tucker]

I have mostly Albino bristle nose pleco's
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I have brown and green bristle noses too.
Also have L201
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L183
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Always looking for something new...

[rice1029]

That was a nice Goldie

[Jozle]

I want a L46 Zebra Pleco.
Also, could someone help me identify this Pleco? Got this guy today at FG using store credit and the writing says "Wavy Line Zebra Pleco", tried doing some research but it always leads me to the L46. Or maybe these guys are lower quality L46?

[mistahoo]

Definitely not a L46.

[Jozle]

Any ideas? Going to be real pissed if it's just a regular pleco that has more stripes than usual.

[mistahoo]

Well when I first looked at it, I thought flash pleco (L204), but I took another look at your pleco and it's definitely not that either.

[mistahoo]

Right now I'm kind of thinking L374, L341, or L403. Just flipping through Planetcatfish right now and looking at all the striped ones.

[armthehomeless]

Re: Getting Interested in Plecos

Any ideas? Going to be real pissed if it's just a regular pleco that has more stripes than usual.

Look up L129.

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: Getting Interested in Plecos

I doubt it's an L129, though it's similar, based in the current defined pattern on the dorsal fin. I'm 99% sure it's an L204 Flash Pleco which have popped up in a few LFS in the recent past.

[Jozle]

The L204 looks like they have straighter lines across their body.
This guy looks like a L129 with the wavy pattern, fins however isn't wavy....