hi okay ive put my pics of my plecos, who are only 2inch long, ive had them over 6months, and they do get enough to eat, , sorry dont know how to put the photos here, but they are in my profile, thanks

The spotted one i think is a Ancistrus Sp. Ciirhosus and is one of the smaller plecos.
The camouflaged one i'm not sure of, but if i must do a guess i say it may be a Hypostomus.That wouldt mean it could grow upto a foot in lenght.
But it may be a Ancistrus as well,and stay small but i'm inconclusive on that one.
Ancistrus will be too small to keep with an oscar,imo.

Here's my Hypostomus, and the camouflage on your looks very "Hypostomus" to me.

noddy the pleco fanatic strikes again!

I am by no means an expert on plecos but the plec in your profile looks like a bristlenose catfish to me. Remember that they will not develop a distinctive bristles on their nose until they are approaching adulthood

The pics were not very clear.
But the Boss is right, here's a pic of that ancistrus cirrhosus and you see the bristles developing.


Is there any way for you to count the spines on the backfin of the camo-pleco?
Are they in the same tank as the O?

hi i cant count the spines, as they are very fast,and shy, and when i come up to the tank, they have gone,one thing i can tell is they hate each other, lol, my oscars leave them alone at the moment, i will try and get better pics,xxxx

Nice fish Kazzy.... Havew to send more when u get the chance

kazzy60 wrote:


lol, the shyness may change, on the other hand ,i got several plecos that NEVER come out during daylight. This one i have 3 years, and only saw him out in the open for maybe 20 minutes...


Wild caught and is never getting used to the tank.
I rehomed him from the 180Gl to the 90Gl, so he'd de the biggest pleco in the tank, but he still doesn't come out.
My ancistrus will come out right after lights are off and nightlights come on.
Only time will tell, but i've seen the bigger the pleco, the bolder they act.
My hypostomus at 12" comes out to eat all day long and kinda likes the attention, as you can see!

Noddy . What do u use for NIGHT lights. Are they the same just lower wattage?

i have a blue stip light for night time,the plecos are allways out, but never stay still long enough for me to get a good shot of them, they move around so fastmy daughter is going to bring her camera over, so we can take better pics as my phone camera is not that good, will post as soon as, they say the bristles on a catfish come out near adult hood, mine are about 8months old, and cant see any coming, what age is adulthood, xxx

JamieM wrote:

I used 6x6 Deville white LED spots, with a large string of blue 2Watt Xmas LEDS.
Those Xmas leds are cheap and i bundled them with ducttape and draped them in between the Tl tubes.
15 bucks and you got excellent nightlights!

Adulthood in plecos differers per species.
The bigger ones may take 12 years to reach adult size.
Although the ancistrus species may live for 8-25 years, usually within the first years the bristles will start developing.

cheers that helps alot, my led light are only a sting of 24 but it give the effect of the moon, and i love it, i like your idea though now you are putting thoughts in my head just what a girl need how to spend more money lol xx