My new L309

Picked him up today at Pier, he was the biggest one their at circ 3.5inch just need his bristles to develop more and he'll be a beaut

He's in QT at the moment and in a few week will add him to my tank with the other 3 I have, will take some photos and sizes of the others in a few weeks and hopefully given time will be looking to breed from them :<a href=\'h

High Jagtazman, lots of fine little bristles on that little guy, like you said "he should be a beauty",
interesting marbled colour pattern too- nice pick up mate.
I hope you have some success getting your hands on the A.Rio paraguay to in the future.
J

NICE mate the 309 males only have small fine bristles and females dont have any so easy to sex

Not sure how true that is mate, I am sure TheGeeman over on PP has a trio and they all have bristles, might have to check with him at some point.

http://www.plecoplanet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2234&highlight=l309

all the info i have says fems dont have bristles but its from the tinternet i just took a look at that thread and theirs four pics on it.
take a look at the fourth one i might be wrong but i cannot find a female pic of any with bristles also read some were that the fems dont have any bristles will have another dig around see if i can find it
heres a few pics from my pc
adult pair
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adult male
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Them bristle's are tiny and its as if they are ment to be that way...almost trimmed to size.....

great pics both of you and keep digging for that info as i will be doing a profile soon...

deano are they your pics mate or somebody else's???

no curby their not mine got them off the net

can anybody take a nice pic of there L309 for the profile's please..post it in here and i will do the rest...

I'll try next time I dig them out

cheers mate........