Unpopular Opinions - Plecos
- Thread starter xenacanth9
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The females don’t have bristles - they just look like small common plecos.
Loved this pleco, a stunning 9" female L014, that was the most aggressive pleco that I ever owned, especially around feeding time. She would back up 10" cichlids when she smelled pellets hit the water. lol
My unpopular opinion: Maybe because I'm not super deep into the pleco scene but I find the L-number naming format pretty weird and confusing. To me numbers as name see weird and it's kinda troublesome to have to open google image from time to time to get an idea of what the pleco look like.
I couldn’t even tell you a bristlenose’s number. I know why it’s in place for sellers and collectors, but for the non pleco enthusiast it’s a nightmare.
An L number is actually quite nice to have. The common names doesn’t always get you the pleco you are looking for, but if you have the L number your more than likely going to get what you want.
with the term zebra pleco you could be looking at L046 the black and white known striped pleco, L129 the black and yellow squiggly lined Columbia’s pleco, l127 black and yellow spotty pleco, L173 black and white squiggly lined pleco, and I’m sure there are more that go by the name zebra. So having the numbers helps greatly here.
you also don’t need to remember every l number and what the pleco looks like bc I can assure you that there are so many plecos that even if people used common names or scientific names you would still have to go google what they look like
Good point! I prefer specific over general when referring to fish. I believe the same applies to the many fish called “gold nugget” plecos and their varying degrees of hardiness
