A couple random BN pleco questions

[ricktavious]

1) How well can they see?

2) What are their bristles for?

Thanks, I'll hang up and listen

[loachy_406]

Hi, I don't know how well they can see but i've heard about the bristles on this site. The females only want to spawn with succesfull males, and the bristles are meant to look like fry. Hope this helps.

[andywoolloo]

I have also read that here re the bristles. I think mine sees very well. He can tell everything that happens in and out of his tank.

[MatsP]

I also have no idea how well they see. They certainly have well-developed taste-buds all over their body tho' (At least if we believe Kathy Jenkins book on the subject).

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Mats

[MTS]

i think they see very well, they can see in the dark and are quick to spot food entering the tank. also spot you walking past the tank

[pLaurent1251]

They can also spot another pleco eating zucchini from the opposite end of the tank!

[MatsP]

They can also spot another pl*co eating zucchini from the opposite end of the tank!

How do you know they are not smelling or feeling movement in the water? Have you tried blindfolding them and seeing if that changes the behaviour.

I had a

Hypostomus plecostomus

(or a similar species, as they are difficult to identify - and I didn't at the time care sufficiently to find out where it was from, or even find out that there were more than one species of fish that looked like that) that would recognize me vs. other people in the room - I don't know by what method, but if I went into my room, it would come out and beg for food. If other people entered my room, it would rush to it's hiding space.

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Mats