View Full Version : Awww...meet "Hoover"
Lady G
06-23-2008, 5:32 PM
So, I went to get some LR for my SW tank, and came home with this guy also!! He is going in my 150g tank. Tell me what kind he is if you know, they don't label their plecos there, it just says "Pleco". His name is Hoover and he gorgeous!!!
Don't worry, the stuff you see is under his bag not in it!!
247Plants
06-23-2008, 5:34 PM
No pic......
emptywallet
06-23-2008, 5:34 PM
i see no pic...nvm nice pleco
Rbishop
06-23-2008, 5:35 PM
I see the pic...nice pleco!
I see pic - cool fish Lady G ! Good luck with him.
Reefscape
06-23-2008, 5:38 PM
Stunning Pleco G, great purchase....
Lady G
06-23-2008, 5:46 PM
Thanks guys!!!! There wasn't a pic at first, cause well....I didn't add it LMAO! I had to go back and edit, I hit submit instead of manage attachment, sorry...I was excited :perv:
Blueiz
06-23-2008, 6:03 PM
Nice pleco LG, looks like a common to me..
Lady G
06-23-2008, 6:08 PM
Thank you BLUE!!!! Yep, I posted him over at MFK to of coarse and that is what they said also. Gosh, as pretty as their markings are...they should have a better name then "common".
derekp
06-23-2008, 6:53 PM
He looks good. We have some in Barton springs here in Austin Texas that people have let go. Shame on them but you should see these things. I saw one that was almost 3 feet long and it was massive. I thought it was a big stick at first. They get gorgeous when they are that big.
Lady G
06-24-2008, 12:39 AM
He looks good. We have some in Barton springs here in Austin Texas that people have let go. Shame on them but you should see these things. I saw one that was almost 3 feet long and it was massive. I thought it was a big stick at first. They get gorgeous when they are that big.
That would be crazy to see!!!! They are really nice looking that is for sure!!!!
Nice pleco.
Thank you H3D!!!
Lady G
06-24-2008, 1:11 AM
Well, he is in the tank and making him self right at home...
Congrats that is a beautiful pleco, and how big was that pacu that was behind him in of the pics?
Lady G
06-24-2008, 2:00 AM
Thank you!!! The Pacu he is about 12" now....he is just getting his teeth in too!
cohazard
06-24-2008, 2:00 AM
Wow Hoover is a handsome devil of a plec!
I agree with you G, he deserves better than 'common' since more than one species are called 'common' plecs.
Hoover is a Pterygoplicthys paradalis (http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=88) (links goes to planetcatfish profile :) )
Lady G
06-24-2008, 2:07 AM
Thanks for the link there CO!!! That is great...OMG, those baby ones are sooo cute!
ESOXLUCIOUSS
06-24-2008, 7:03 AM
lovely plec
Reddog80p
06-24-2008, 10:33 AM
Nice! I want a big pleco!!!!
Lady G
06-24-2008, 10:59 AM
Well, if you share your Ram with me....I'll share my Pleco!!!:grinyes:
Of course that would mean you would have to come down and help take care of it and vise/versa!!!:silly:
briggadane
06-24-2008, 7:51 PM
Lady G, did MFK make any comments about his need for nutrition? Sunken eyes?
Do you have enough info if so?
Get him lots of zuccini...
Very nice boy you have there...
cam191919
06-24-2008, 7:55 PM
He looks good. We have some in Barton springs here in Austin Texas that people have let go. Shame on them but you should see these things. I saw one that was almost 3 feet long and it was massive. I thought it was a big stick at first. They get gorgeous when they are that big.
ya we gots em here too. caught two foot long beauts bout a month ago
Lady G
06-24-2008, 8:59 PM
Lady G, did MFK make any comments about his need for nutrition? Sunken eyes?
Do you have enough info if so?
Get him lots of zuccini...
Very nice boy you have there...
Thanks!!! No, they really didn't say anything about him, just that he was nice and a "common" and how big is he...that kinda stuff. Well, I through zuccini in there anyway so that I'll continue. Now what about the "sunken" eyes???
ya we gots em here too. caught two foot long beauts bout a month ago
Awesome!!!!
Artemis JT
06-24-2008, 9:26 PM
Nice plec. I have a common peaking 17''. Awesome fish.
DAVIDFBT
06-24-2008, 10:55 PM
Nice "Common" Pleco! How big is he now?
SchizotypalVamp
06-24-2008, 11:20 PM
I like him, he's very cute
Lady G
06-25-2008, 12:05 AM
Nice plec. I have a common peaking 17''. Awesome fish.
WOW that is HUGE!!!
Nice "Common" Pleco! How big is he now?
He is right at 9" now.
I like him, he's very cute
THANK YOU!!!!
BigFishKeeper
06-25-2008, 12:22 PM
Nice pleco!! He looks like a common!!
Lady G
06-28-2008, 1:52 AM
Thanks BFK....yep, a common is what he is:perv:
KnaveTO
06-30-2008, 10:43 PM
Wow Hoover is a handsome devil of a plec!
I agree with you G, he deserves better than 'common' since more than one species are called 'common' plecs.
Hoover is a Pterygoplicthys paradalis (http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=88) (links goes to planetcatfish profile :) )
I actually doubt that Hoover is a Pterygoplicthys paradalis as they traditionally have spots on their fins and not the lines like Hoover has. Furthermore without a full dorsal extension it is also a little hard to get a good idea as to species as well. I would post on www.plecofanatics.com (http://www.plecofanatics.com) and ask there what he is.I coul;d be wrong as to the ID, but the lines on the pectoral fin are not normal for Pterygoplicthys paradalis.
Good luck and yes... it is a very beautiful specimin.
Lady G
07-01-2008, 7:29 PM
Thanks you! I will try and get a shot of him with his fin up...he's always out and about so I should be able to get one.
Lady G
07-01-2008, 7:56 PM
Ok, I was able to get a couple shots of his fin. He of course isn't sitting still so they are a bit blurry, but there is one that did turn out pretty good.
cohazard
07-03-2008, 9:45 AM
I actually doubt that Hoover is a Pterygoplicthys paradalis as they traditionally have spots on their fins and not the lines like Hoover has. Furthermore without a full dorsal extension it is also a little hard to get a good idea as to species as well. I would post on www.plecofanatics.com (http://www.plecofanatics.com) and ask there what he is.I coul;d be wrong as to the ID, but the lines on the pectoral fin are not normal for Pterygoplicthys paradalis.
Good luck and yes... it is a very beautiful specimin.
Good catch KnaveTO!!! :headbang2:
Perhaps this fish is Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus
stezatois
07-03-2008, 9:58 AM
Very nice looking fish u got there.
Rbishop
07-03-2008, 10:00 AM
Sharp fishie!
GothiK8DragoN
07-03-2008, 12:11 PM
Hoover is one hot fish! Would never use the word common to describe him!!!:headshake2::headbang2:
I have 3 "COMMON" Plecs myself...
dirtydawg10
07-03-2008, 12:32 PM
Nice looking fish, LG!
KnaveTO
07-03-2008, 11:10 PM
Good catch KnaveTO!!! :headbang2:
Perhaps this fish is Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus
I have to agree with you... after a count Hoover does have 10 rays (took a bit to verify with the pics) and the pics that I have seen of the disjunctivus are a **** close match
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=703
Lady G
07-08-2008, 4:44 PM
Thanks EVERYONE!!! I know the pics were blurry...but the booger, he moves so darn much!!!
I have to agree with you... after a count Hoover does have 10 rays (took a bit to verify with the pics) and the pics that I have seen of the disjunctivus are a **** close match
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=703
THAT is SOOOOOO HIM!!!!!
b.greene
07-08-2008, 10:02 PM
Nice! I want a big pleco!!!!
Me too! Breautiful!!!