What is this pls
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What is this pls
Hi guys,
Been trying to find out what this little chappy is. This chap was born in my RIO120, the parents were a common plec (mum) and a bristlenose (dad). I don't really know much about plecs part from they eat the alge and don't do much else.
Cansomeone let me know what specie he/she is pls.
Thanks in advance.
Been trying to find out what this little chappy is. This chap was born in my RIO120, the parents were a common plec (mum) and a bristlenose (dad). I don't really know much about plecs part from they eat the alge and don't do much else.
Cansomeone let me know what specie he/she is pls.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: What is this pls
the parents were a common plec (mum) and a bristlenose (dad).
Extremely unlikely. It looks like a female bristlenose of the common variety .
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It looks like a standard bristlenose ().
I would have to say that I very much doubt that the parents were a common plec and a bristlenose though...
Martin
[EDIT]Looks like Mats beat me to it [/EDIT]
I would have to say that I very much doubt that the parents were a common plec and a bristlenose though...
Martin
[EDIT]Looks like Mats beat me to it [/EDIT]
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I would say its a she, because there arent anny bristles
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Ok cool, thats what I got told when I brought them both from my lfs but it did happen.
Only knew that they spawned when I moved the tank to my bf's place and saw thislittle balck wriggly thing shoot out from under the filter.
Must be about 18 months old now. Quite proud really when we discovered this.
Only knew that they spawned when I moved the tank to my bf's place and saw thislittle balck wriggly thing shoot out from under the filter.
Must be about 18 months old now. Quite proud really when we discovered this.
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If your "common" is really a common pleco, then it will not lay eggs with a bristlenose - if nothing else, the bristlenose will not be big enough to "wrestle" the female into a cave and it's spawning position. I'm absolutely certain of that. It is of course possible that if you've bought a plant or a piece of wood from a tank in a shop, you've got fry that way, or perhaps you did have a female bristlenose in there at some point.
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Hi all
I can guarantee there were only two plec's in the tank and only ever have been (bar the new edition!). It may be posible that both plec's were bristle nose's I don't know but the tank was running as a sealed system apart from tap water going in so I doubt there was a fry introduced by mistake.
We did see them (her) lay a whole bunch of yellow eggs in the lava rock but there were baby oscar's in the tank at that point and needless to say they didn't survive very long!
Charlene's just finding some old pics of Mum and Dad for indentification and I think she's got a pic of the eggs as well.
I can guarantee there were only two plec's in the tank and only ever have been (bar the new edition!). It may be posible that both plec's were bristle nose's I don't know but the tank was running as a sealed system apart from tap water going in so I doubt there was a fry introduced by mistake.
We did see them (her) lay a whole bunch of yellow eggs in the lava rock but there were baby oscar's in the tank at that point and needless to say they didn't survive very long!
Charlene's just finding some old pics of Mum and Dad for indentification and I think she's got a pic of the eggs as well.
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They must be one species if bristlenose or common Ancistrus. I hope the pics will solve the riddle.
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Here's the pic of mum and dad. Sorry for the quality of the pic.
You can just see the yellow eggs underneath mum.
You can just see the yellow eggs underneath mum.
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Looks like the common one.
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After going through the fishy pics I came across these.
This is mum
This is dad, for sure a bristlenose
This is mum
This is dad, for sure a bristlenose
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Yes definitely both bristlenose. Males have bristles up the centre and around the edge of the face, and females just around the mouth.
It looks like one of the fry managed to survive, even with baby oscars! That is one lucky fish
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It looks like one of the fry managed to survive, even with baby oscars! That is one lucky fish
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Thats all cleaed up then. When I buy anymore fish from lfs, I'll post them up to double check the names.
The baby pleco wasn't with the oscars at the time we found her, it was the second lot of eggs that got it. Shame really as they were the only pair I had .
The baby pleco wasn't with the oscars at the time we found her, it was the second lot of eggs that got it. Shame really as they were the only pair I had .
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Yes, and if you have any doubt that what the shop calls it is right, then you may want to double check with us here too.bigcatsrus wrote:Thats all cleaed up then. When I buy anymore fish from lfs, I'll post them up to double check the names.
Also, if you got a female bristlenose for "common pleco" price, then it's not a bad thing!
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I can't remameber the exact price but it was less then £5 and I think the bristle was about the same.
sounds like I had a good bargin
sounds like I had a good bargin
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About right if they weren't massive. Common pleco is quite often around £2-3.bigcatsrus wrote:I can't remameber the exact price but it was less then £5 and I think the bristle was about the same.
sounds like I had a good bargin
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