Sighting request: Where to find Hypancistrus spp. (L46 or L173)?

[Flowerhfanatic]

hi all

I have been looking for zebra like pleco like L46 or L173. do you know where i can find them and how much will these cost at what size? THanks!

[seed75]

NKS still have L046 @ $3xx

[Morgan01]

Yap in fact quite a few 3-4"

[celticfish]

I don't think those are for sale...
If any are for sale they should be in the 1.5" range.

[Morgan01]

anyone tried ordering these online?

[ranmasatome]

i think you should buy the L173 instead... why get L46??

Get L173..so much nicer.. in fact buy 10 if you're serious.

[drakeho]

They is a few shippment of small L046 in the market . The costing are around $2++ to $3++ per pc . I think its around 1inch . For L173 I have never see it before in singapore . Unless you are talking about those lower xingu . Lower Xingu will not be hard to find .

[genes]

Don't get confuse with the L173 that are available locally. Those should not be L173 but some undescribed lower rio xingu species as mentioned by drakeho.

[Puffer]

You may order L46 at Fish Haven. They come in small size of 1.5".

[Flowerhfanatic]

quite surprised to hear that its around 300+ but l046 is really nice... maybe i should settle for cheaper ones...are they also called zebra pleco... because i came across this breed in some japanese magazine...


yeah, i have seen L173 costing around 40 bucks but like what many of you mentioned here... they are rio xingu... but i dont know what this means. can anyone share what does this rio thingy is all about? Thanks!

[drakeho]

To put it short . Those are consider newly discovered plecos that have no L numbers yet . So they named them from where they came from .

[illumnae]

quite amusing, really...L-numbers came about because the fish hadn't been scientifically described yet. now, even L-numbers are being assigned too slowly and another tag has to be issued to a fish...wonder what's next when even locality tags are being assigned too slowly? Hypan sp. "Yellow with black spots #5"?

[Gecko]

if datz goes bust that is going to happen...LDA numbering has stopped.

[celticfish]

Here's a WTS thread for L046 ---> here
The next best way to get a colony is to grow out a bunch of small ones.

[Savant]

Good price... If you want individual pieces can always band together with likeminded individuals...