LydiaGreen
Aquarium Advice Regular
I've been talking about posting pics of this pleco for a long time but, he finally held still long enough out in the open for me to get some pics of him.
My brother bought Ugh for my mother as a birthday present a little over a year ago. He was about an inch and a half long. I took all of my mother's mish/mash of various fish species from her community tank when she moved. Now, he's 9 inches long. I'm sure you're going to tell me he's a common but, I'm hoping not. I can handle housing a two foot pleco but, beyond that I'm not prepared.
Here's some pics of him.
http://www.aquaden.com/phpBB2/album_page.php?pic_id=634
http://www.aquaden.com/phpBB2/album_page.php?pic_id=635
http://www.aquaden.com/phpBB2/album_page.php?pic_id=636
http://www.aquaden.com/phpBB2/album_page.php?pic_id=637
I posted this on another forum I belong to and he seems to be uncommon and difficult to ID -- can anyone help me out?
Also, I apparently do have a common in my 55 but Ugh looks nothing like Grumpy and Grumpy has only grown about 5-6 inches in the last four years. Ugh is growing really rapidly. If it helps at all... he's a bit aggressive... I had to move him out of my 55 (where the loaches and goldfish are) because he has a taste for their slime coat... I put him in the 44 with the rainbows because they are fast and smaller so he can't get near them. Grumpy isn't aggressive at all but, that could just be differing personalities.
My brother bought Ugh for my mother as a birthday present a little over a year ago. He was about an inch and a half long. I took all of my mother's mish/mash of various fish species from her community tank when she moved. Now, he's 9 inches long. I'm sure you're going to tell me he's a common but, I'm hoping not. I can handle housing a two foot pleco but, beyond that I'm not prepared.
Here's some pics of him.
http://www.aquaden.com/phpBB2/album_page.php?pic_id=634
http://www.aquaden.com/phpBB2/album_page.php?pic_id=635
http://www.aquaden.com/phpBB2/album_page.php?pic_id=636
http://www.aquaden.com/phpBB2/album_page.php?pic_id=637
I posted this on another forum I belong to and he seems to be uncommon and difficult to ID -- can anyone help me out?
Also, I apparently do have a common in my 55 but Ugh looks nothing like Grumpy and Grumpy has only grown about 5-6 inches in the last four years. Ugh is growing really rapidly. If it helps at all... he's a bit aggressive... I had to move him out of my 55 (where the loaches and goldfish are) because he has a taste for their slime coat... I put him in the 44 with the rainbows because they are fast and smaller so he can't get near them. Grumpy isn't aggressive at all but, that could just be differing personalities.