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	Albino Chocolate Pleco?
jfk Fingerling Posts: 41 Kudos: 42 Votes: 1 Registered: 10-Dec-2004	at petco today they had what they called a albino chocolate pleco. i've never heard of them before. it looks to me like a bn, but i've never seen one in person. are they one in the same?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Not even close--they aren't ancistrids. EDIT: Sorry, I didn't include much info did I? :-X Well, they are decent algae eaters of the pterygoplicthys (spelling?) which, like our friend p. pardalis (as Cory mentioned), grow pretty damn big when compared to most ancistrinaes, excluding [pseud]acanthicus. Though, might I ask why you'd express interest in an albino specimen? In their true colors, rhinos are probably the prettiest fish of the genus. Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 21-Feb-2005 15:32
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	They are chocolate/rhino plecos, only albino. They still grow to the same enormous proportions, about 18" long, and need an enormous tank to match. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
jfk Fingerling Posts: 41 Kudos: 42 Votes: 1 Registered: 10-Dec-2004	i don't have any intrest in them. i saw them and thought they were labeled wrong. i have a common pleco and he is enough for me. thanks for the info.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	That's strange. None of the chocolate plecs in my area are Rhino Plecs... They're all these things that look like Albino Common Plecs except with a brown tinge. Having kept a Rhino Plec I know they look quite different. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Those are rhinos, I believe. Though I've never had a scrophus long enough to watch it hit 20", I have raised several small specimens from about 3" until they started to crowd my 75 gallon. IME, they tend to stay rather pale whilst young, marble up, and eventually fill in the pale spots to develop the luscious dark brown that they're renowned for.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Umm... "Chocolate pleco", and "rhino pleco" are just different common names for the same fish, Milton. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
RustyBlade Mega Fish Posts: 987 Kudos: 1667 Votes: 391 Registered: 23-Apr-2003	I have what is called a "Chocolate Pleco" around my area .... and he's a variety of a common pleco. Although I would not call it an albino Is this similar to what you're talking about? This guy is expected to get just as large as my other common plec.[/font] Last edited by RustyBlade at 22-Feb-2005 20:35
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Yep, that's an albino chocolate pleco - Pterygoplichthys scrophus. They are not common plecos, Pterygoplichthys pardalis, but are very closely related. Pterygoplichthys scrophus is the only species bred into the albino form with any regularity. Last edited by Cory Addict at 23-Feb-2005 00:25 I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
RustyBlade Mega Fish Posts: 987 Kudos: 1667 Votes: 391 Registered: 23-Apr-2003	Thanks for that Natalie, I was never really sure
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06


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