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	Peckoltia Villavo
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Okay, uh, your fish is not a hypostomid because it has a moustache esque growth along the interopercular region.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	It is not a hypostomid. Rather, a member of the ancistrid genus peckoltia. They won't grow any larger than 6", if even theat.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
judz Enthusiast Posts: 256 Kudos: 160 Votes: 5 Registered: 06-Jun-2005	thats good i cant fit a 2 foot pleco in my tank so u are completely sure its a L147
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Not beyond reasonable doubt, but a peckoltia (or arguably hemiancistrus) it is, as opposed to a hypostomid, which can be deduced by heavy cheek ornamentation.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
judz Enthusiast Posts: 256 Kudos: 160 Votes: 5 Registered: 06-Jun-2005	what are the main differences between the two?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	The subfamily hypostominae is divided hypostominae into two tribes; ancistri and hypostomi. Members of tribe ancistri are characterized by notorious odontodal growth in the operculous and pectoral regions, whereas hypostomids have little in the way of ondontodes, and what few they have are primarily centralized on the primary pectoral ray.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
judz Enthusiast Posts: 256 Kudos: 160 Votes: 5 Registered: 06-Jun-2005	is there much character or diet difference
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	That depends on the indivdual species of loricariid.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
judz Enthusiast Posts: 256 Kudos: 160 Votes: 5 Registered: 06-Jun-2005	ill be honest i was so lost by everything u said
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
judz Enthusiast Posts: 256 Kudos: 160 Votes: 5 Registered: 06-Jun-2005	http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/judzvii/IMGP1716.jpg http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/judzvii/IMGP1712.jpg here are some new pix of the pleco
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
judz Enthusiast Posts: 256 Kudos: 160 Votes: 5 Registered: 06-Jun-2005	is he an alge eater or a meat eater
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	More meat than algae.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
judz Enthusiast Posts: 256 Kudos: 160 Votes: 5 Registered: 06-Jun-2005	i was told he was great alge eater but should i feed him more shrimp
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Who told you that? Peckoltia are definitely not great algae eaters. Perhaps they will nibble on sparse algal growth, but they will NOT clear a tank in the way a herbivorously inclined loricariid will. Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 26-Jul-2005 22:38
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
judz Enthusiast Posts: 256 Kudos: 160 Votes: 5 Registered: 06-Jun-2005	what would u recommend for a alge eater then will my snails do it instead
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	I would reccomend cutting down of feedings, grvael vaccuming better, and photoperiod reduction. Instead of trying to find a fish to mask your algae problems (many algae eaters are type specific), find the source of the growth and cut it off. If you really must have an algae eater, you'll need to specify what kind of algae you have.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
judz Enthusiast Posts: 256 Kudos: 160 Votes: 5 Registered: 06-Jun-2005	its not bad but i dont want it to get bad. even if it grows at the back i wont care cause u cant see it and alge doesnt hurt the tank nor do i think
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
judz Enthusiast Posts: 256 Kudos: 160 Votes: 5 Registered: 06-Jun-2005	thanks for web linking i didnt even think of it
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	I've never heard of that, and it isn't listed on Planet Catfish either. Are you sure the fish isn't Peckoltia vittata? They're pretty common, and are often known as the "candy stripe pleco". 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 12:04
judz Enthusiast Posts: 256 Kudos: 160 Votes: 5 Registered: 06-Jun-2005	i found out "Villavo" is the Columbian name for the pleco he was directly imported. however the lfs didnt managed to get the L number
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
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