thanks fellas. i was quite impressed because this was a fast change, rather than a slower say, breeding related one. i love these little bristlenoses. i thought they were gonna be a little shy but they are really adventurous fish. i like the way the kind of jump forward sometimes. i don't if they ...

my bristlenoses have chameleon like qualities. if i cause a large disturbance in the tank my favourite young bristlenose, for example, loses his spots entirely and becomes black with mis-shapen blotches.. i saw a bristlenose in the lfs that had decided it wanted to be yellow! is this all normal? it ...

i have a very happy and proud young bristlenose that i am fairly certain is a male. it needs a new tankmate as it's current one is sick :( if the bristlenose that is staying is indeed a male, then i'd like it to be my alpha male so to speak, cos it's such a cool cat.. but he is young.. so, will he ...

cool. they're certainly darting around the whole tank now it's fuller and has pistia floating around. i'll be working on the final setup for a while. but i should be able to get you some pics.. :) talking of netting them, i've got to catch the quiet one, it's never looked right and now i can see it ...

that sounds cool. how's your new friend settling in?
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racoll i hear what you're saying. and i understand that my bristlenoses are probably alot more swiss than brazilian :D i can see already that cluttering the tank makes these little fellas really happy. i put alot more temporary stuff in there and now they're much more active, one is really racing ...

caol_ila you the man! that's the closest i've seen so far. the only difference i would say to that individual is that on mine the spots really stop being spots, even more than that one. also, i can't see in yours, but mine has a nice white back top edge of the tail. it's definitely gonna be some ...

thanks shane, thanks evan shane it's hard to know what species i have. they were sold to me as blauerantennenwels, or common bristlenoses. although i can't remember what latin name they were using. i'll check when i can. the thing is, i've looked all the the catelog and the common bristlenoses in ...

hello there, i'm new to planetcatfish and new to bristlenoses! but i think they're great already. in fact i'm new to aquariums.. i have two young ones taking care of my new 200liter tank whilst i get it set up. i'd like to make a real home from home for my bristly friends in the bottom half of my ...