need help on i.d

[rizla75]

Found this pleco in a 2ndhand tank ... I know its a bristlnose of some kind but is not 'the common brown ' picture dont really do justices its infact dark green/brown .. .. have taken it to a few importers and few trusted breeders of various plecos ... most are stumped and a few have come up with a suggestion..but none 100% on i.d ... can anyone confirm

[nvcichlids]

is possible that it is the common bn variety called "green dragon"here in the US?

[rcbows]

Could it be a female Ancistrus ranunculus, just green from the "second hand water in the tank"!

Ron

[Silurus]

Could it be a female Ancistrus ranunculus, just green from the "second hand water in the tank"!

Do female A. ranunculus have pale spots? I thought they didn't.

[Coldhands]

I have several female A. Ranunculus and they ceratinly don't look like this one. A. Ranunculus are pretty distinct from other ancistrus species.

[rizla75]

Could it be a female Ancistrus ranunculus, just green from the "second hand water in the tank"!

Ron

Lol it been in my tank a good 6-7 months and its still greenish .. def not green from 2nd hand water

[rizla75]

Greendragon is the i.d i been given several times but as say no-one is 100% ... anyone know latin/ species name so i can do some huntin on that species myself

[Birger]

Ancistrus cf_cirrhosus

Birger

[rizla75]

Ancistrus cf_cirrhosus

Birger

thats just bristlenoses/morphs .. nothing even close to this

[naturalart]

Can you get pics of the ventral surface, mouth and profile?

[racoll]

Can't see why it's not just a

common bristlenose catfish

. They come in all colours and shapes these days.

[panaque]

Ancistrus cf_cirrhosus

Birger

thats just bristlenoses/morphs .. nothing even close to this

Green Dragon is a colour form of the common bristlenose, so Birger's suggestion above is not at odds with what others have told you - same species, different wrapper.

[rizla75]

Ancistrus cf_cirrhosus

Birger

thats just bristlenoses/morphs .. nothing even close to this

Green Dragon is a colour form of the common bristlenose, so Birger's suggestion above is not at odds with what others have told you - same species, different wrapper.

ok.. fair do's... but anyone know where can get some definitive info on them ? or is basically same as the albino / calico / superred etc when comes to breeding ..temps etc ? and anyone in UK able to get them as i want a male lol

[racoll]

is basically same as the albino / calico / superred etc when comes to breeding ..temps etc ?

Yes, everything written about the

common bristlenose catfish

will apply.

[rcbows]

I know nothing about "Ancistrus ranunculus" I just made a guess because it has such a wide head. You said it was in a "found this pleco in a 2ndhand tank" so it made it sound like it was something you acquired from someone else. You mean you have a tank with a catfish in it that you put there and don't know what it is?