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[ruffaz]

does any one in perth have a xanto pleco at all

[nugget.82]

Xanto? Photo or gen name would help

[ruffaz]

i think its name is Parancistrus aurantiacus. thats alls i know i know it as xanto

[nugget.82]

If its the one i think your talking about?
have only seen a few, usally kept by ppl who get rare or exotic plecos


as of getting hold of them here try posting a notice on here or plecofanatics, got a mango phantom pleco once before from pfanatics

[kamalau]

the old plecofanatics dosent exsit anymore
as far as i know the only ones around are on the plecoplanet forum

[fusco]

The yellow rubber pleco L56y
Not many here in Aus rare as
and they would cost a small fortune
some one from over East was selling them for $2500 each for males only!!

[bigjohnnofish]

i think these might be what your looking for ???

[ruffaz]

the one i saw was yello and black solid colours like atwo tone car paint job the guy told me it waqs a xanto thats all he new amazing fish though

[bigjohnnofish]

they morph from yellow to grey... or was it grey to yellow....

[Dr_Pat]

Those things are easily the ugliest catfish I've ever seen.

[ruffaz]

Those things are easily the ugliest catfish I've ever seen.

ha ha ha ha ha too try all plecos are ugly

[highlucks]

Is this Ugly

[Dr_Pat]

HELL NO! I love plecos! ....all except those freaky ones (as stated above)

[bigjohnnofish]

i'd love to get my hands on some medusa plecs.... L34 and L255 i think from memory.... beauty is in the eye of the beholder....

[wang]

whow highlucks..that look awesome mate..do u know where i can get one or 2 of it?
and roughly how much?

[Ronny]

Very pricey for the 046's. A few grand a pop.

I dont like the look of those yellow ones either, looked like deformed albino BNs lol.

But each to their own I guess.

[highlucks]

Last time they were for sale on here they were. $4500 for 3 fish at 3cm.

That was the first and last time I have seen them on here. In all of my time on the forum.

[bigjohnnofish]

Last time they were for sale on here they were. $4500 for 3 fish at 3cm.

That was the first and last time I have seen them on here. In all of my time on the forum.

you obviously didnt look in the members classies!!! i arranged to bring 15 of them from over east... for 1k each at 5-5.5cm.... a while back.... and sold the lot in a few days.....

[ruffaz]

so who has them now any one get a pair for breeding

[bigjohnnofish]

so who has them now any one get a pair for breeding

thats up to the owners to disclose if they feel they wish to.... takes a while for these fish to mature enough to breed... and being a hypancistrus species they breed better in colonies with competition among themselves for breeding..... so having a pair only gives a lower chance of successfull spawning.....