L189 Photos

[CanadaPleco]

Well here are the first few shots I could get of these guys. Not great, but the best I could do.

[jackson]

Very nice :)

how big are they? they dont get big so they must be close to being mature?

[CanadaPleco]

I believe they are mature, it is pretty easy to tell which ones are males. They same size as Pseudolithoxus tigris or Pseudolithoxus dumus but the collection spot of these is inbetween the 2.

[CanadaPleco]

Okay looks like its actually L189

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=980

Pics on PF are nearly the same, but there is nothing for description about the fish, figures.

Nothing on l-welse either
http://www.l-welse.com/reviewpost/showproduct.php/product/203

But definetly that is the fish. Not a common import :D YAHOOOO

[jackson]

Very cool now get then to breed and be the first at that :)

I wonder why there are so many unknown and uncommon plec's being brought in? On a lot of lists you see new this new that:)

[24/7]

Cool pictures was looking forward to seeing these

BTW the picture are good

Cheers
24/7

[CanadaPleco]

thanks! Ya I will be trying to get these guys breeding ASAP. Have them in an OLD OLD 40 gallon breeder with 3600 lph of flow right now, which is kinda why i think the pics suck. SCRATCHED up old glass with very hard water stains on it both in and out lol. May give these guys a 4' tank to themselves once the fishroom is done. Rare little buggers, just hope I can get some sort of activity out of them. Oliver actually kept a group of them for himself also as they are so rare :)

[cichlidguy]

Nice plecos, flat little buggers eh!

-John

[CanadaPleco]

These guys are great! they actually stay out in the open quite a lot! I can always see in clear sight at least 2-3 at a time and theres a TON of hiding spots. They really do love high flow and lots of oxygen.