Australian Pleco Availability List

C8lyn

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Hi All.

I was wondering if there was a way I could find out which Plecs are available in Australia. I know they can't be imported so I'm referring to known L breeders and such.

There's a lot of plecs I see that I would love to have one day but then I think about whether they are even in the country or not. So it would be good to know what I can and can't have before I get my hopes up. Haha.
 

Kangus

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as far as i know there isnt a list as such of what is in australia. Some of the rare stuff, people don't advertise what they have due to the high $ value. Some of the more available stuff would be
001
002
046
066
104
168
169
201
260
333
397
as a bit of an idea. Watch the classifieds, and over a couple of years you will get an idea of what comes up. Hope this helps
 

Brengun

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I have seen or heard of
L001, L002, L007, L10a, L014, L015, L018, L027, L046, L047, L049, L066, L075, L104, L128, L134, L135, L155, L168, L169, L191, L200, L201, L202, L203, L204, L205, L260, L264, L278, L333, L397. LDA31, LDA33

I probably missed a few and some often have a few numbers the same.

We used to have a forum plecofanatics which had a few years worth of stuff advertised for sale in Australia but we lost it when the site went down.
 

C8lyn

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Thanks!

Sigh

I knew I would be disappointed. I want a cactus pleco :(
But there's still a decent variety there to choose from.
 

Khaifish

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I have seen or heard of
L001, L002, L007, L10a, L014, L015, L018, L027, L046, L047, L049, L066, L075, L104, L128, L134, L135, L155, L168, L169, L191, L200, L201, L202, L203, L204, L205, L260, L264, L278, L333, L397. LDA31, LDA33
+ L024, L025, L048, L080, L090, L114, L177, L190, L240, L262
 

bigbird

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yup go to germany or europe and they mostly cost peanuts, but that is the world we live in and that is why breeding them here is more special..cheers jk
 

Brengun

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Yes they can be very expensive. You also have to assess can you afford to lose one?
A rediculously expensive one can die just as easily as a $2 bristlenose.

Come to think of it it usually is the expensive ones cop illness or tank mishaps and hardly ever the cheap stuff. Always the way lol.
 
I have a list with 78 types that have come up for sell in Australia in past 5.5 years,remember some numbers are the same fish so 46 are same as above this is including LDA numbered fish.
Three others are labeled as common bristlenose,orangespot and peppermint.

So thats 127 off total listed L numbers with around 350 plus unavailable here you need luck to source rarer types.

There are others also here above that list but haven't come up for sale in recent years.( others are here dont know if or how many left of hard to breed L's )

A better lists is whats not here and we want a wish list ( cant have due to silly laws )

Never breed or limited imported L's will always need a bank overdraft unless laws are lifted one day,and these sell within minutes of coming up for sale.

A rare type should be lent to others with that type to cross fingers for some fry but that wont happen as greed overcomes that.

It would be nice for a limited import export of L's as Australia has some types the Europeans are short off and we would love around 100 more L types here!

Some types of L's shouldn't be kept as they are to large even for a public Aquarium or are dangerous for Australia which there are some with them here but being kept quite.
 

Bailey John

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No, it's not hole in the head, it's a bacterial infection called columnaris. Columnaris is commonly mistaken for a fungal infection. Needs an antibiotic like Maracyn Two or tetracycline. Then be sure to monitor your ammonia and nitrite levels, antibiotics tend to kill off some of the beneficial bacteria and cause a mini cycle in the tank. Act quickly, because columnaris is very contagious. I would treat the tank at this point, don't isolate the fish. It's usually brought on by poor water quality/lots of gunk built up in the substrate-not sure which pleco is sick-the original or the new one, so may have been brought in from your friends tank.