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moondog Moderator The Hobnob-lin Posts: 2676 Kudos: 1038 Votes: 4366 Registered: 30-Sep-2002	i don't know if this is a good enough pic, but this is the best one i have right now. i bought this guy as "albino pleco", but he doesn't look quite like my "normal" common. Last edited by moondog at 02-Mar-2005 23:57[/font] "That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	...that's because he's a pterygoplicthys (spelling?) scrophus, not pardalis. Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 03-Mar-2005 10:54
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	I agree, it looks like the rhino plec from that picture. They are also sold as chocolate or albino chocolate plecos, and stores sometimes label them as "albino common plecos". I hope you've got plenty of room for this fish, because they can grow large. Since you bought it as a common pleco though, I assume you planned for a large fish. I love the rhino plecos, they are beautiful in their own way. Good luck with the new fish. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
moondog Moderator The Hobnob-lin Posts: 2676 Kudos: 1038 Votes: 4366 Registered: 30-Sep-2002	yeah, i've got plans for a 125+ tank when we finally get around to buying a house later this year. he doesn't quite look like the pics of the rhino plec from planet catfish, but he is definitely pretty close. i'll have to watch his dorsal fin a little closer to see but at least i have some idea what he actually is now "That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05


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