Need your help sexing these please

L134PLECO

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I just picked up these 3 guys today, they were up as L121 but i think they are L15 also please can you sex these to. Pic's ant great. Thanks.

 
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henk68

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l015 the two on the outside the middle one looks l202 adult maybe all 202 the dots come when they are older does the middle one have hair and dots? I think l015, if they are l202 they have been fed carnivore food that contains a lot carotnoid, Bloodworm or live brine shrimp. So after all that i reckon l015 with this particular family Hair is the main way of sexing(in my experience) with stronger colour, some say hair growth is seasonal but my males have never lost hair and i have quite a few from this family.

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L134PLECO

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Hi Doodles im not sure how old they are but they are 4 inches long. henk68 None of them have hair on them but the middle 1 has dots on his head but stripes on his body. The other 2 have stripes all over them. My male L134's are very hairy so do L202 & L015 get very hairy to. I will let them settle for a couple of weeks and get some more pics.
 

Khaifish

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Fish on the left looks to be a L015. The one on the right kinda looks like it has a different pattern, like the stripes aren't fully straight so i'm maybe thinking L140. Middle one looks like l202.

And yes the males on these species grow hairs but apparently these are seasonal? and can disapear/grow back.
 

MiB1986

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heya,

if you brought them in basildon, i brought the same fish! and like you i managed to get 2 stripy and one dotted lol! see my thread about "what are these and their sexes" as they are identical. if may help you identfy them.

thanks