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Forever-mango   Fish Addict Posts: 611 Kudos: 586 Votes: 35 Registered: 01-Dec-2003   | I was able to get hold of some L#s for quite cheap. They are in quaritine now at my place and cant wait for them to come out to go into their new home. Can you guess what these are? [link= Guess me 1]http://members.optusnet.com.au/quocluong/1.jpg [/link] [link= Guess me 2]http://members.optusnet.com.au/quocluong/2.jpg [/link] [link= Guess me 3]http://members.optusnet.com.au/quocluong/3.jpg [/link] The L14s are too small and they keep hidding so they are too hard to take pics. Mango  |
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Sin in Style Mega Fish Posts: 1323 Kudos: 1119 Votes: 165 Registered: 03-Dec-2003  | nice find. what did you pay for them and how many did you get? or is it just the one pleco in all the pics? |
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| Forever-mango Fish Addict Posts: 611 Kudos: 586 Votes: 35 Registered: 01-Dec-2003 | Less than $600AUD each...and i got 4 Sunshine Plecs and 4 Leopard Cactus Plecs. Im quite sure retail are over $1k each. My mate got these for me, but too bad I cannot grab the supplier off him  |
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| Sin in Style Mega Fish Posts: 1323 Kudos: 1119 Votes: 165 Registered: 03-Dec-2003 | wow thats alot of money but dang is that gona be worth it in the end. those plecos are very nice looking and arnt tank busters either. speakign of which how are you gona hold so many? are you planning on breeding them? |
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1tankneverenuff Hobbyist Posts: 131 Kudos: 100 Votes: 0 Registered: 04-Mar-2005 | Actually, 12" long is quite large in my opinion. Beautiful fish though and worth a good bit of money, especially when full grown... |
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| Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004 | mate you much be rich but to say it's cheap or not it's quite hard....as you might know it already these prices are "made up" by shops or "dealers" that get hold of them.... their cost price can be as low as like $20 AUD for the fish, just that they need to take the risk of being put in jail for 6 months and get a $10K fine but anyway, they are rare and they do worth that much if you like them that much |
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So_Very_Sneaky Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3238 Kudos: 2272 Votes: 201 Registered: 10-Mar-2004   | Beautiful plecos. They remind me of the "Beacon Pleco" which is what I would have said they were! But those guys are tankbusters. Planetcatfish says they only get 9.6 inches at maturity, females possibly slightly larger. Do you plan to breed them? They are lovely. Come Play Yahtzee With Me! http://games.atari.com Http://www.myleague.com/yahtgames |
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Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004 | They are most definitely P. leopardus, which no longer has an L number. They grow much larger than 9"--bordering on 12" Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 20-Apr-2005 15:40 |
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| labrakitty Fish Addict Posts: 740 Kudos: 435 Votes: 9 Registered: 12-Nov-2004 | Georgous fish, great buy. Where is Australia do you live? What aquarium did you get them from?  |
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| Forever-mango Fish Addict Posts: 611 Kudos: 586 Votes: 35 Registered: 01-Dec-2003 | No aquarium, got straight from the supplier...at wholesale prices  Getting some royals very soon.  I wish i could breed them. |
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OldTimer   Mega Fish USAF Retired Posts: 1181 Kudos: 1294 Votes: 809 Registered: 08-Feb-2005 | Very nice fish, but boy that's a lot of $$s. |
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| ClownyGirl Fish Addict Posts: 508 Kudos: 311 Votes: 5 Registered: 07-Oct-2004  | Now tell me, arent these the same ones you are planning to add to that 27000 gallon pool tank of yours. What other fish are you putting in with these plecs? |
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| Forever-mango Fish Addict Posts: 611 Kudos: 586 Votes: 35 Registered: 01-Dec-2003 | Other plecos. Also some tropicals. |
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