Leporacanthicus galaxias L240 pleco

Want one now

wouldnt mind a group of them either..

Just find it hard to justify the cash when you very rarely see them

Saw a big one recently for 70 euro, must have been a good 8 inches. Very tempting...

Man thats a very sweet looking plec indeed!

I remember you telling me of your experiences with your Bristle nose kelly. In that they seem to leave all your fry alone. Well iv bin testing that with 1 or 2 of the phantoms and a L114 lately. With great success i might add, freshley spat fry only introduced to the tank completely untouched. Shell dweller fry, brichardi fry, mbuna fry all seperate tanks and different cats Shocking really, since they eat any other piece of food resembling there meaty diet Was just trying something out

Only thing I found with the bn was don't put fry in with any sort of egg sack on them lost a whole batch of masoni they ate them Otherwise never no probs at all

Thats a lesson learned the hard way alright. Ah no iv since removed the pleco's form the fry tanks it was only a wee trial, but handy to know all the same

I keep the adult breeding bn's in the fry tanks without any probs except for above the egg sack young, good thing is the bn's still breed happy enough in with the malawi fry and the malawi fry don't eat the bn young

Great lookin pleco. Do they still keep all their lovely spots and black colouring Patrick at that size?

Yep, they look great as adults Mick. They get deeper in the body and have a big tail. You see them for sale as vampire plecs (or angel plecs)

wow what a cracker, me would love some lol....

2poc wrote:Yep, they look great as adults Mick. They get deeper in the body and have a big tail. You see them for sale as vampire plecs (or angel plecs)

+1 i see them labeled vampire pleco's all the time

hi all

just picked up 2nd vampire plec , both a health 5" plus, is there a easy way to sex them , and at what size do they start to breed??
looks like plec's are a pair as both don't mind each other space ,have read are very territoral to same sex.