I will be passing by KL in a few days time. Any chance of anyone sharing where I could find some decent LFS selling bottomfeeders in KL? Or any other LFS that's worth visiting e.g. good selection of equipment and accessories etc?

The catfish scene here in KL is a sad state. There are only 2 suppliers (I should say importers) bringing in some of these a little bit more exotic plecos. To view/purchase these plecos u would be visiting Aquatics International (AI) in Subang (off the old airport road) or Qian Hu's (QH) pet family branch in Klang.

Even the stuff brought in are the lowest of the lowest rung plecos, these are the cheapest of the cheap on the overseas expoerters list.... Anyhow, this is what's available at Aquatics Internationa: Peckoltia pulcher, L168 Dekeyseria brachyura, L136b Hyspancistrus sp "yellow spot", L201 Hyspancistrus inspector, L128 Ancistrinae sp "Blue phantom", L191 Broken line Panaque, L330 Watermelon panaque (big, and no full spotting), some flyer cats from previous shipment, some ancistomus sp also left overs.

Qian Hu has some tiny Acanthicus adonis, Panquolus albomaculatus, and another 2 types of which I have yet to positively ID.

.... IF you will be here in KL this coming weekend, there will be a heap of rare cats to oggle at in Damansara Uptown. These are specially imported and not available to other retailers (unlike the catfish listed above, of which any retailer can buy from these 2 importer/wholesalers). There are 9species of rare apistogramma, 8species of Loricaridae, 8 species of exotic corydoras, some wild dwarf cichlids and some giant girrafe cats.

PM me for further details.

Haha...ah kevin is here too i see...

Rock east got some nice catfishes occasionally...its in Uptown Damansara
Just id the panaques there...L203s...but the other one looks like L90 but could be a color variation of L203. The so called "zebra" stripe panaque happen to be P.Changae.

If u are a beginner to play with plecos, please do get an affordable one first. Then when it manage to survive, then u move up one notch. DUn go buying a zebra pleco on ur first attempt as its too expensive an experiment. AI's got lotsa "affordable" plecos for you to try out

A couple more interesting plecs spotted at Rockeast.

L134- Leopard frog pleco
L260 - Queen Arabesque
L177 - Gold Nugget pleco (Large spot - broad yellow seam)
L47 - Mango Pleco
L25 - Scarlet pleco
L273 - Titanic pleco
L174 - Hypancistrus sp
L239 - Blue Panaque
L74 - Ancistomus sp
LDA31 - Panaquolus albomaculatus

Sturisoma aureum "Royal whiptail"
Farlowella acus - XXL twig catfish

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Other interesting ones coming in following week.
L14- Sunshine pleco
L287 - King Tiger pleco (Woah.. this one NICE!)
L81 - Gold Nugget (small spot, broad seam)
Acanthicus adonis (small size)
Albino bristlenose catfish (similar to L144 but with red eye)
L273 - Titanic pleco (small size)

More of these coming in later
L47 - Mango
L134 - (ever popular) Leopard Frog pleco
L174 - Hypancistrus sp
L239 - Blue panaque

..... Long enough list?

wah wha haw ,
can pm me price list ar...kev.
whatabout your queen of whatever? hoarding those...hmmm.

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Erm...No royals ???
I was hoping for some...any chances to lay ur hand on some ?

I like big buggers

AI got plenty L191 and some semi-spotted L330.

Whatmore u want? LOL

Can get 18inch L27a..... but the price, Whoa!!!

Got Gold Xanto also, but also the price so much ppl will faint.

It's all about the price man... can get anything, just dun know if the Malaysian buying power can accept or not.

Erm i pow tat 191 long time ago...now got 2 L191 and 1 L190.

L27 also got a & b. I want the c only...

Is the shop in Damansara Uptown still exist? Do they have plecos?

My friend say the shop in Uptown close already not operating anymore. Is this true?

close liao..correct.