weird marked bristlenose

[Connie]

Not sure if I should have posted this here or elsewhere.
I picked up two bristlenose plecos from a cichlid store which also sells very exotic plecos.
These bristlenoses are a dark brow with alot of gold/yellow dots all over there body, there tail has a white band on the base and the tip is white.
I have no good picture of them but will try.
Any ideas?
I keep other bristlenoses which are the more common brown with black spots but these guys are much different I also notice the adults are more compact and smaller then the more common BNs.
any ideas?
Thanks,
Connie

[Yann]

Hi!

Is it something similar to this one:

http://forum.planetcatfish.com/viewtopic.php?t=2666

Cheers
Yann

[Caol_ila]

Maybe these...
http://forum.planetcatfish.com/viewtopi ... highlight=

[Connie]

Yes the second post that is them and great pictures!!
How are yours doing? Do you have fry yet?
I have 4 batches of fry and I notice the larger fry have alot more white on there body.
I sorta read the thread over but did they ever figure out what type for sure these guy are?
BTW I have had mine for along time and my biggest male is only 5 inches or so and he is done growing, my female stopped at about 3 inches.
Any more info on these guys?
Thanks,
Connie

[Caol_ila]

Hi!

Opinion is that these arent Ancistrus claro more of a A.cf.teminckii these seem to be the "common" bristlenoses in Europe and Australia.
Mine seem to be smaller than the ones of others...male maxed out at 7 cm fem about the same.
During the Winter they spawned every month. Now theyve stopped. Never more than 30 eggs (maybe because the fem is so small). Very hardy fish.
When the male is in good mood he looks great shining with gold spots all over...this gotta be the greatest looking cheap fish i know.

[Sid Guppy]

I breed those by the truckload, my male looks like a brownish copy of the photo on the other post about A temmincki. He's about 9 cm, the female's exactly the same size, minus bristles.

They too, breed easily during winter (from October till februari, numerous nests were made. The biggest nest wich I raised was 115 baby Bristles! I still sell young from that batch, the biggest are now 4 cm or so. That nest was made in December.

The eggs are bright orange, here's a pic of Mister Bristle with his 115;

[Janne]

I think all common Ancistrus is hybrids between dolichopterus that was the one they import lots of in 70' and temminki that was more usual in the 80's...you can have fry or youngsters that looks like either the dolichopterus with more darkbrown colour and goldy spots or the temminki with darkgrey and white spots and a mix between both.
And that start already in earlie 80' when they was comercial breed in tjeckien and then have all aquarist follow in same maner without knowledge the different.

I have breed them for many years and they grow fast up to 8-9 cm and then they slow down but still growing and reach easily 12-13 cm in 3 years. The fry grow around 1 cm /month up to 6 cm in 6 month after that a little slower and reach around 8 cm first year. If you separate them and sort them by size they grow faster and water change every day with 30% or more.

Janne

[Connie]

hmmm see I paid more for these guys then I do for the "commom" bristlenoses around here, here is a picture of the ones which are like $8 like I said I dont have a good picture of the gold dot ones, do yours have black teeth? mine too which is odd because I have never seen this before on a pleco.
I notice there arnt as many eggs as my common bristlenoses but still maybe around 100 maybe it isnt the same fish?
Here is a picture of my female which is the cheaper one what is her name then?

[Janne]

Maybe this, http://planetcatfish.com/catelog/lorica ... /206_f.htm
Not sure on this but I have not find anyone that match your Ancistrus.

Janne

[Connie]

actually I am pretty sure the one in my picture is a ancistrus triradiatus as the males look identical.
http://planetcatfish.com/catelog/lorica ... /883_f.htm
Connie