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Hi there

Sometime mid last year I bought this pleco. The guy at the lfs said it was a zebra pleco, I knew it wasn't but I did know it was SOME fancy pleco and as i really was after one and the price wasn't really crazy i bought him. I've tried comparing him to others that look similar but I'm not 100% he is a L260 yet. What do you say?
Heres a couple of pics, not in the best quality as i used my pone but hopefully will do its job...

tnx

Hmm
One of those squiggly hypans,
I'm Definitely not an expert but perhaps the squiggles aren't fine enough for L260.
L066, L401?
Sweet fish you've got though Sabi whatever it turns out to be.

It's a 260

nice one, too

There looks to be too much white for L260.

I would go for perhaps.

Better photos would help.

Very nice fish though

Yes, it's a L260 and a young one...thats why the pattern is more "rough", it will chance when it grows larger.

Janne

Ahhh-thanks for the explanation Janne.
I inherited my Queen as an adult and sqiggles definitely finer.

So it is a l260... Thanks guys. I am taking pics with better camera but its not digital so i'll have it in week.

He is about 2 and a half inch, about how old would you think he is?

and a young one...thats why the pattern is more "rough", it will chance when it grows larger

By this do you mean that the black and white of an adult will be thinner?

Sabi wrote:So it is a l260... Thanks guys. I am taking pics with better camera but its not digital so i'll have it in week.

He is about 2 and a half inch, about how old would you think he is?

and a young one...thats why the pattern is more "rough", it will chance when it grows larger

By this do you mean that the black and white of an adult will be thinner?

The white lines get thinner, to allow the black lines to "grow".

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mats

2-1/2 inches is close to breeding size for L260 and therefore, adult colors. I don't think it is L260. Young L66/L333/401, take your pick. It struck me as a possible young L333 but I won't join in racoll's suggested wager because I'm not certain enough.

~6 cm TL makes this L260 to a youngster younger then 1 year old, and it still have 6-7 months to reach a mature size in an aquarium.

Janne

Okay i got some pics off google to compare..



Are both these l260's? The first is exactly like mine the other seems to have a different pattern but is listed as a QAP too.

Barbie wrote:I agree that it is a young L260. As the fish grows, the pattern basically stays the same size. Once adult sized, that means it will have twice as many stripes on the body, which makes them appear "thinner" when it's really just relative. 2.5" TL is going to be quite a bit different than SL with these fish and I've never had any spawn under 3" SL and never had a male even attempt it under 3.5" SL. The youngest any of my fry have spawned was 20 months, as far as I know, so I do definitely think this is just a young fish. Some L260 keep the very stark contrast, while others get more "muddy" looking, but both types will have fry with the intense coloration this one shows, IME. I just figured the really contrasting fish were the super models of the queen arabesque world ;).

My avatar is a young L260. You can see how widely spaced the patterning is, and how much it's going to change as the fish ages, for reference.

Barbie

Interesting Barbie, thanks. So finally may i officially say i have a L260?!!
Just one thing tho, what does "SL" and "TL" stand for?

So finally may i officially say i have a L260?!!

Absolutely, SL is the same as standard lenght meassured from the nose to the end of the caudal peduncle and TL is the same as total lenght meassured from the nose to the end of the tailfin.

Janne