Fish ID help

[grevisdad]

I was told this is an algae eater...

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[joe1584]

Thats a fresh water pleco you just put in your salt water tank.

 

[grevisdad]

Thats not its mouth on the front of its "face". It has a flat underside like a plecostomus with a mouth on the underside of its head.

 

[grevisdad]

not a freshwater pleco

 

[crooks]

Thats a fresh water pleco you just put in your salt water tank.

LOL :smokin:

 

[casualreefer]

Well what did u buy it as?!? Was it just labeled "algae eater"!

 

[tp5056]

I dunno ... that mouth on that fish doesn't look like it eats algae!

 

[grevisdad]

Well what did u buy it as?!? Was it just labeled "algae eater"!

Yep. Got it a week and a half ago (out of a sw tank) for $10. And it does eat algae.
What I'm worried about is how big is it going to get. It's in a 30gal now and growing fast!

 

[grevisdad]

I dunno ... that mouth on that fish doesn't look like it eats algae!


thats not its mouth. it's mouth is on it's underside like a pleco's.

 

[casualreefer]

I don't mean to sound rude but that's what happens when u buy something labeled "algae eater".

 

[Pufferpunk]

I'm usually really good at ID but I've never seen anything like it. Does it "walk" or swim? Looks like a frogfish relative.

 

[Indelco Plastic]

It's a clingon fish!!

 

[Pufferpunk]

Alright smartypants, now I just went & looked that up!

 

[Indelco Plastic]

Alright smartypants, now I just went & looked that up!

Hahahaha that's classic!!!

 

[Pufferpunk]

Well, it sounded like the name of a real fish.

 

[casualreefer]

That inks messing with your mind puffy LOL. That was good. All joking aside, I have alo never seen a fish like this and as previously mentioned it looks nothing like a fish that eats algae!!

 

[ashtree68]

What kind of algae is it eating? I could use it to clean up in my tank some! :lol:

 

[mystery_reef]

finally a hybrid pleco to solve all our algae problems. i wonder if it eat bryopsis, turf and bubble algae?

 

[Pufferpunk]

It's a clingon fish!!

I think you might be right! I knew there was a clingfish I just was looking for a Clingon.

http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/projects/msap/PS/masterlist/fish/northernclingfish.html
http://northislandexplorer.com/fish/flatheadclingfish.htm

Except it doesn't say it eats algae.

 

[3seconds2live]

i think all fish have a right to be ugly or colorful or pretty or crazy but this one wins in the ugly category