most bushy bristlenose!

julian · Post by **julian** » 28 Dec 2004, 20:07

so heres the question, who reckons they have the most bushy bristlenose?

lol

would be most intruiged to see some pics of ur champion male bristlenose,

i think my dominant has a good set, although id enjoy seeing urs too

please post some pics, i know a lot of u guys and gals out there have them.
cheers !

mog · Post by **mog** » 02 Jan 2005, 18:05

hey i don't have a bristlenose.. yet... hopefully have some in a week or so!

julian · Post by **julian** » 06 Jan 2005, 19:14

kwl, how many u getting

mog · Post by **mog** » 07 Jan 2005, 10:43

im not too sure, im going to get them tomorrow. I want to have a go at breeding them so ive set up a tank especailly for them. Unfortunutly when there small you can't sex them (i don't think)so i'll probably have to buy a number of youngsters, probably 4 - 6

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 07 Jan 2005, 11:16

At about 2 inches, you should see the bristles on the males show. If you pick a couple of the ones with less bristles and one of the ones with more bristles, you'll probably get two females and a male. But it could go wrong this way, so to be sure, get 4-6 of them and the likelyhood of not having at least one of each sex would be pretty small.

At least, we successfully picked a male from a bunch of 1.5-2" ones, when I realized that our female was definitely a female.

But you're right, the sexing is easier on bigger ones...

If you're attempting to breed them, you may want to try to get slightly bigger ones, say at the 2.5-3" size. They shouldn't be that much more money, and should be at least almost ready to give you babies...

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Mats

Alan_au · Post by **Alan_au** » 07 Jan 2005, 14:53

Well the same can be said of any fish ! The older they are the easier they are to sex.

After raising tens of thousands of B/N I am pretty confidant of picking a pair at 12 weeks old (3 - 4 cm)

Females the smallest with the shortest pectoral fins, males the largest with the longest more robust pectorals.

When buying you don't know if the fish you are selecting from are similer age but you get the idea.

If the fish you are choosing from are bigger/older the difference should be more obvious.

Alan

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 07 Jan 2005, 15:03

Hmm. I don't know if this got confused or not, but my suggestion to get bigger ones wasn't really to make it easier to select male vs. female, but rather to get some that are closer to being ready for breeding... Which at about 3" (7cm), should be able to breed, whilst smaller ones may take a year or so getting ready...

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Mats

Post by **Shane** » 07 Jan 2005, 19:14

Not sure if any of these will win the prize...
-Shane
A. triradiatus

A. sp "Rio Chirgua"

Post by **Barbie** » 07 Jan 2005, 20:42

This is the new male L182 I got last week. He's HUGE, but manages to hide well enough I can't get a truly good shot of his whiskers. Lots of branching though

Barbie

Alan_au · Post by **Alan_au** » 08 Jan 2005, 15:32

Darn, I just took all my big ugly guys to Nth Qld to help the guys up there to get B/N going in their region.

I got some real bushu guys still here, nothing like the ones I took north

Alan

julian · Post by **julian** » 08 Jan 2005, 17:30

wow looking good guys, im sure its been asked on several ocasions but how do u put piccys on here, i really wanna show u guys my really bushy ancistrus!

howvere he is currently caring for some eggs so i wont be able to get the em on for a week or so

cheers in advance

mog · Post by **mog** » 11 Jan 2005, 22:52

hey guys, well i picked them up today, 7 in all. there pretty small about 1.5 inch i guess. very cute though

will post some pics soon hopefully

kgroenhoej · Post by **kgroenhoej** » 15 Jan 2005, 12:57

@Barbie: your L182 will grow even bigger whiskers

a big male:

another male: