butterfly pleco

has anyone got info on this fish for me?

they sell it as a "butterfly pleco"

the pic shows him from the bottom as he clings to the tank's glass

 

its actually a loach from china. prefs cooler water... i'll get the specs for it in a second....

 

it looks line a inbreed between a sanshark and a pleco. its quite flat, has a long tail, and does an excelent job of clening the tank glass...

but i havent seen it in any fish book i read so far, and i cant find it in google searces either, maybe because i dont know the real name of the little critter....

they are rather nice to look at though, and they are extremely quick for their size and shape...

 

Might be Beaufortia Leveretti.

Comes from Hainan in China. grows to 12 cm, wants a pH of 7 and temp of 18 to 24 deg.

 

and does it shread plants when its grown up? and does it become big and sluggish, or does it continue to clean the tand walls and plants?

 

its a loach not a pleco. it lives in fast flowing rivers with lots of algea on the rocks ect. as it is its main diet.

 

shot for the great help :-D

i googled the name you gave me and i found it!! YAH!!!

i got all the stats for the fish from a couple of sites, will read through them tonight, but it seems like i gave mine ideal living conditions already, and it looks like i have two different types of them too...

 

here is a net pic thats much better than the one i tok that i found just now..

 

Hi Man

You should have searched on APSA and you would have gotten these pictures taken by Heng Wah

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Hi

look at the following links

http://www.loaches.com/species-index/sewellia-lineolata

or

http://www.loaches.com/species-index/se ... sp-spotted

I'll go for the first link.

Hope it help

Grobie

 

Hill Stream Loach is the common name aswell i think.

Nice fish but not good for tropical tanks temp

 

thanx for all the info guys, i really appreciate it a lot

ive got 3 in my big tank and 1 in my smaller guppy tank, and they all seems to be doing great, and they have gron a bit since i got them a few months ago...

 

From what I've heard and read, they're not exactly a viable option to eat algae. BN's will do a lot more for you in that area. Cool loaches though.

 

BN's? with me being the newby here i havent a clue wht that would be... hehe

 

Ancistrus sp AKA the Bristlenose catfish.

 

dont they chow the plants when they get bigger?

 

then i cant go for them... my leapord spotted pleco was beautifull, but he had to go to the LFS to look for a new home after he startded having my amazons for dinner....

 

They chomp on your plants because they're after the cellulose, usually this happens when there is not any wood in the tank. Wood is rich in cellulose and they will choose that first before turning to your plants. BN's are cool as they stay reasonably small and do a fantastic job of scraping algae off the glass etc.