Pleco ID

[mommytron]

My husband (with my OK) brought this home from the LFS for our 55g tank today... it was sold to him as a sailfin pleco.... is it so? If it is, I may need to rehome this thing....or invest in a bigger tank A little help here?? TIA

 

[Pleco11771]

Pretty big fin but I'm pretty sure sailfin are more spotted then those stripe/spotty markings

 

[mommytron]

if it's not a sailfin pleco what could it be? here's a couple more pics

 

[Pleco11771]

Not really sure there is so many different types of plecos, here's a sailfin pleco though

 

[mommytron]

So i think we may have figured him out.... L001 or L022... thoughts? if it is right, is 8 inches too much for our 55g?

Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus

 

[Pleco11771]

What's your current stock?
Gotta think of the plecos bioload

 

[youngster]

that's one nice pleco, though

 

[youngster]

it looks sort of like the pic of the sailfin pleco

 

[mommytron]

8 ottos, 12 tetras (mix of cardinals, black neons, and one glowlight), and a bunch of MTS. it's a 55g planted.

 

[Pleco11771]

Then you should be good to go with the pleco, no centerpiece?

 

[youngster]

I'd say it's the L001

 

[mommytron]

L001 and L022 are the same i think. i think it's that as well. and i feel like my entire tank is a centerpiece i do plan on adding some more tetras, however. we've only got one glowlight so we'd like to get him some groupies

 

[youngster]

Yeah, glowlights are awesome. And even if the plecos aren't the same, they're similar enough.

 

[bettaowner]

Sailfin pleco for sure.

 

[mommytron]

im almost positive it's not a sailfin pleco. i've looked at so many pictures and the markings are different. it's an L001 or L022 (same thing) i'm pretty sure. looks just the same.