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	Green spoted pleco?
steven1982 Hobbyist Posts: 104 Kudos: 74 Votes: 38 Registered: 13-Jan-2008	My father in law got a new pleco for $80 in Halifax Canada a few months ago. It looks like a Gold nugget or Snowball pleco but the spots are lime green? Any one know what it is?
Posted 10-Jan-2009 20:52
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Hi, http://plecoking.blogspot.com/2007/03/l200-high-fin-green-spot-pleco-profile.html Maybe?? Frank -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 10-Jan-2009 21:53
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	alternatively hemiancistrus subviridis
Posted 11-Jan-2009 09:12
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Hi, Here is a site for the second suggestion: http://www.piranha-info.com/default.php?lang=en&id=L200b Frank -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 11-Jan-2009 15:43
steven1982 Hobbyist Posts: 104 Kudos: 74 Votes: 38 Registered: 13-Jan-2008	Thanks I will send the links to my father in law. I think it is a Hemiancistrus subviridis.
Posted 11-Jan-2009 18:18
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	Edited by Shinigami Hemiancistrus subviridis and Baryancistrus demantoides look almost exactly the same, thus they have been both confused as L200 the "Green Phantom Plec" for quite a long time until their scientific description only three years ago. As their common names suggest, you can differentiate them a little by looking at the dorsal fin, which looks longer in the B. demantoides. Also, in B. demantoides the dorsal fin is connected to the adipose fin (the second little fin behind the dorsal fin). The PlanetCatfish Cat-eLog has good pics for comparison. I don't know about the conversion of canadian money to US, but $80 would suggest that this pleco is REALLY big, or he got cheated. Plecs are expensive but $80 is a whole lot. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 11-Jan-2009 22:14
steven1982 Hobbyist Posts: 104 Kudos: 74 Votes: 38 Registered: 13-Jan-2008	$80 Canadian is $65 US. The east coast of Canada is costly for fish. My father in law pays almost 2 times what I pay in Ontario, so I do not think that he was "cheated". Just the cost of doing business in Nova Scotia.
Posted 13-Jan-2009 02:58
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	I see. Such is economy, I guess. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 13-Jan-2009 03:17
Cichlid Kid Fish Addict Posts: 553 Kudos: 285 Votes: 34 Registered: 22-May-2004	economy is to blame for everyhting these days
Posted 13-Jan-2009 05:43


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