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Started by Guest_kobi_* , Nov 28 2012 02:27 PM

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#1 Guest_kobi_*

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 02:27 PM

is this a gold spot, and is there any way of sexing from this pic ?

cheers

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#2 Bowdy

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 02:34 PM

Yep a gold spot and a great looking one to.

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 02:45 PM

Very hard to sex gold spots even at a very large size sorry bud!

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 02:46 PM

thanks for that . just read in eairlier thread that they are almost impossible to breed , is that right ?

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 02:46 PM

Correct

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 02:48 PM

thats surprising they seem pretty common

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#7 choombies

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 02:54 PM

They breed in dams, if they were common they would sell for $2 each like malawis!

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:01 PM

what are they worth jimbo (10cm)

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#9 choombies

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:18 PM

$50-$100

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#10 Bowdy

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:23 PM

Have seen the often sell for $100 at 20cm so 10cm $40-50 I reckon.

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 04:26 PM

Id love to see how big they get in them dams.

QUOTE (choombies @ Nov 28 2012, 02:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

They breed in dams, if they were common they would sell for $2 each like malawis!

Jimbo you make me LOL.

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#12 theonetruepath

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 06:46 PM

Breeding them in Perth is tricky because you need a decent sized mud bank and that's tricky in a heated pond.

Best chance is a nice big tank, say 6ft by 3ft by 3ft tall, and put a great big mound of mud all the way across one side.

But, if you're going to set up a tank like this, don't muck around with gold spots, rather breed Titanic plecos or something.

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#13 Westie

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 08:05 PM

what's a titanic pleco? big commons?

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#14 sandgroper

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 11:57 PM

One that goes straight to the bottom.

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#15 bigjohnnofish

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Posted 29 November 2012 - 12:06 AM

QUOTE (kobi @ Nov 28 2012, 02:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

thats surprising they seem pretty common

thats because in queensland where the weather is more accomodating for keeping plecos in dams, they are bred in huge numbers.... these large plecs have huge numbers of eggs too and in a dam environment they prob dont have any predators so survival rates are high...

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#16 bigjohnnofish

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Posted 29 November 2012 - 12:18 AM

QUOTE (Bowdy @ Nov 28 2012, 03:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Have seen the often sell for $100 at 20cm so 10cm $40-50 I reckon.

price can be a bit all over the place with these bigger plecs... really cheap at 5cm... then they level out at around $100 mark 15-30cm..... and when they get really big they become cheaper again as the number of people that can house these monsters is much less...

but an individual can command $200 if its got awesome colouring and perfect finnage....

QUOTE (Jason82 @ Nov 28 2012, 08:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

what's a titanic pleco? big commons?

L273 from memory... can get to 30cm in length...